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Stoner looking forward to favourite track

Casey Stoner is ready for the upcoming Italian Grand Prix. The race will be held in the upcoming weekend at the Mugello circuit and the track is one of Stoner's favourite on the calendar.

Speaking about the upcoming race Stoner said: "Mugello is one of my favourite tracks. We've had some pretty good results there, including my first-ever pole position and I've made the podium in 125s. I think the bike is going to be really strong, the track's got a nice main straight which helps and some nice fast and flowing corners which the Ducati should like, so we should be able to do all right. It would be a nice one to win but it's going to be really tough work beating Loris and the rest of the Italian riders. But I feel we're fast enough, the Ducati and the Bridgestones are going really well and if we can find the right settings we'll be there.

"At Mugello you need a bike that changes direction good because there's a lot of high-speed direction changes and the faster you go, the harder it is to change direction. You need a pinpoint accurate bike because you've got to hit the right points at the right time, and if you don't do that you lose a lot of time, that's what makes this track so hard."

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