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Bridgestone celebrates Qatar win
10 March 2007 / Results / PhotosBridgestone-shod Ducati rider Casey Stoner today scored an historic maiden victory, setting the fastest lap of the race on his final lap to beat Valentino Rossi into second place by almost three seconds. Stoner's win marks the ninth victory and 25th podium on Bridgestone tyres since Bridgestone entered MotoGP in 2002.
Following Loris Capirossi's win in Jerez 2006, today's Qatari success makes it two years in a row that a Bridgestone-shod Ducati rider has won the season-opening GP. Bridgestone can now also claim that it has provided tyres to the final winner of the 990cc era (Troy Bayliss, Valencia 2006) and the first winner of the new 800cc era (Casey Stoner, Qatar 2007).
Suzuki's John Hopkins translated his outstanding winter testing form into a near podium result, finishing just half a second from Dani Pedrosa to take fourth spot.
"It was an extremely satisfying weekend for Bridgestone in Qatar and I was very happy to see Casey Stoner on our tyres take his first victory in MotoGP," said Hiroshi Yasukawa, director of Motorsport at Bridgestone. "I would like to pass on my congratulations to the whole Ducati team for an excellent result. Compliments must go to all five of our teams for their performances this weekend. They were all able to achieve points-scoring results today and we saw five Bridgestone-shod riders in the top ten. This is particularly encouraging for the rest of the season and is the perfect way to start this exciting 2007 season in MotoGP. Lastly, it has been a job well done for all our on-track staff members and for our employees back at the factory and the result is a testament to all their hard work during the winter season."
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