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Stoner: We've taken a huge step forward
26 June 2008 / Results / PhotosCasey Stoner made the most of the warm sunshine that welcomed the MotoGP riders to Assen today, clocking the fastest time of both opening free practice sessions for the Dutch TT. The Australian lapped in low 1'36s throughout the afternoon, dipping inside the current pole position record for the current track layout, set by John Hopkins in 2006 (1'36.441).
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"We're very happy with the fact we've come to another circuit and the new set up is working as well as it did at Catalunya and Donington," Stoner said. "There don't seem to be any bad points to it and it is helping me ride like I want to again. I'm able to use harder compound tyres again and I'm just getting a better feel for the whole bike in general, without it bucking and weaving everywhere.
"We had a couple of moments today where it thought about trying to spit me but nothing to worry about. If you watch the race last year you can see the bike moving around a lot and we were struggling, whereas if you saw me ride today you can see what a huge step forward we've taken. In fact, maybe with the exception of Donington, this is probably the first time since Qatar where I can say that this bike is better than last year's. Today we've gone faster than the pole record on a race tyre so we're delighted with how everything is coming together."
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