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Bridgestone celebrates another win

The Bridgestone-shod Ducati Corse team took a spectacular 1-2 at Phillip Island this afternoon as 2007 MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner took his ninth won of the season at his home grand prix ahead of team-mate Loris Capirossi who took his fourth podium of the year. 

Stoner's success today makes it the eleventh win by a rider on Bridgestone tyres this season and the first ever in MotoGP at the technically challenging Phillip Island circuit. 

All riders opted for a softer specification front tyre since the demands of the 4.428km track do not place the front tyre under too much stress, while riders were split between medium and hard specification rear tyres. 

"I would like to congratulate the Ducati Corse team for an outstanding performance at Phillip Island this afternoon and on securing the teams' championship title," said Bridgestone Motorsport vice president Hiroshi Yamaguchi. "It was especially pleasing for us to see Ducati take a 1-2 result with Casey's excellent home victory and Loris's equally competitive second place. All of our teams were able to achieve top ten results today and we can celebrate the first ever Australian MotoGP win on Bridgestone tyres. Finally, I would like to send thanks to all of our five teams for their hard work this weekend in often difficult and changeable weather conditions."

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