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Stoner expects to fight for victory at Estoril

Casey Stoner is looking forward to travel to Portugal for the third round in the MotoGP championship. The Autodromo Fernando Pires de Silva is notorious for its lack of grip and it promises to be another tough challenge for the team. However, the technicians and riders are as prepared as always to give 100% at a circuit where Casey Stoner overcame a problematic race to seal a crucial podium last year, when Marco Melandri crossed the line in fifth place.

Speaking about the upcoming race Stoner said: "Estoril is a bit of a strange track, with a nice flowing section and some twisty and slow parts. One of my favourite sections is turn two, which is downhill and off-camber - it's difficult but really nice. In general the track has a lot of places where you can overtake so the race should be fun to watch. Last year we did well in practice, we were very close to pole position and then had a slight technical problem in the race but finished on the podium. In theory if we can work well from the start and there are no nasty surprises then we should be in the fight for the win."

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