MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner: “In my entire career I’ve only pushed from the first lap to the end three times and I was lucky not to fall.”

Casey Stoner is a two-time world champion in the highest class of the Motorcycle World Championship.MotoGP Legend‘. The Australian retired at the end of the 2012 season, leaving everyone who loved the world of two wheels without ever seeing him compete against Marc Marquez on the track. Won MotoGP titles in 2007 (Ducati) and 2011 (Honda).

In a recent interview with Speedweek, Stoner said, “What I did was never an obsession; He was just good at doing things quickly. After that, I didn’t want to think about it anymore.. It’s not about sitting around and doing nothing. I’ve never thought of my career as an obsession with motorcycles. This is what it looked like on the track. I had shorter runs than others and fewer laps than others, but in my opinion I was able to get more done in far less time than others.. I didn’t need 10 laps to get a feel for the bike, I only needed 2 laps. I think that was more efficient. ”

“It may sound strange, but I always really enjoyed doing well in training and qualifying (…) I had enough preparation for the race, so I didn’t want to exhaust myself there. “I think there have only been three times in my entire career where I’ve been lucky to push from the first lap to the end and not fall.”“Rolling Stoner” has been added.

The Southport native also said: “You have to give it your all in qualifying (…) When I was in pole position with an advantage of more than 2 seconds… so a difference of two-tenths is already a big difference and the next rider on the same bike was 16th and over a second At some point you think, ‘Yeah…’ And not just because I rode well, but because I did my job in every aspect, and the engineer and the team did their job. We all dominated. And we ran the race. Race: fI advanced with 70% and finished in first place. I think it was Assen in 2008, it was the easiest race of my life so far.. It was the slowest one and it was very relaxing…literally going at 60%. I didn’t push any laps and won by 12 or 13 seconds. I was just like, “Wow!” Can I do it every weekend? ”

Asked if it was the culmination of all the work and effort, Stoner said, “More or less, I got in the truck, Look at the TV screen and watch other people’s races. you have time to do it. I was already doing it even when they were following me closely. Because I could see where they were making ground and where I was running from.. It was such a pure feeling to be able to go that fast and achieve lap times so easily… it was very, very rare. It’s an incredible feeling that you only experience once in your career. ”