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Stoner satisfied with good start in Qatar
11 April 2009At half past ten local time this evening and with track temperatures still touching 25ºC, the MotoGP riders took to the Losail Circuit in Qatar for the first official free practice of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship. Ducati rider showed the team's potential topping the time sheets from the start.
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Casey Stoner quickly established himself as the pacesetter in the single 45-minute session, finding a good early feeling for his Desmosedici GP9 despite a slippery track surface caused by sand that had caught up in the light evening breeze and blown across the circuit from the neighbouring desert.
Speaking about his first day in Qatar Stoner said: "We've made a good start today and I'm happy because the bike feeling was really good straight away. The settings we brought from Jerez seem to be working well here too. We still need to change a couple of things to get more grip from the rear. A lot of that is due to the track conditions being really dusty but we just need to take our time and try to get it set up better for tomorrow. Hopefully the track will clean up too."
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