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Stoner hoping for better result at Montegi

The Ducati MotoGP Team travel to the Motegi circuit this week for the first of three rounds outside Europe as the MotoGP World Championship visits Japan, Australia and Malaysia during the space of just four weeks. Exactly one year ago, in September 2007, Ducati were celebrating at the circuit north of Tokyo thanks to a first MotoGP title for Casey Stoner and a race victory for Loris Capirossi.

This year the Australian arrives at the Grand Prix of Japan lying second in the championship standings behind Valentino Rossi, with a slender chance of keeping his title hopes alive over the final four races. However, Stoner's never-say-die attitude will ensure that he keeps fighting until mathematically out of the running. 

"I've had a mixed bag of results at Motegi - some good, some bad," said Stoner. "Obviously the best memory is of last year with the title victory but as always I prefer to look to the future rather than reflect on the past. The track has always given me the impression that it is more suited to cars than bikes because it is full of hard braking and acceleration zones and there aren't many flowing sections. Anyway, it is a fun track and I think it can be good for our bike and tyres. The wrist hasn't given me great problems over the last week and seems to be improving on the last couple of weeks so I can't wait to get back on the bike and try to get a better result than we've managed lately."

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