Oh no please hope this is the end of Casey's rant! Cos he's my 2nd favorite and I can't stand if he starts this crap, its a race and he came 5th which is very good and it was only the 2nd race of the season!
Vale's season last yr didn't work out like he and all would have liked but he didn't go blaming everyone (as far as I remember!)

BTW haven't been on site a whole week but really loving the reply background of Guido (If that how you spell his name! )

Yes the Guido thing is great!!!!

I'm sorry Turtle46.
I really regret my words.

^What?? I'm confused- what do you regret?

Im surprised at Stoner.
Being aggressive is part of racing of course the other riders are gonna try hard.
Does he just expect people to not fight for position.
If he keeps saying things like this people will go off him

^^ I agree people will probably start going off him if it's more than a one time thing...

Did winning the 1st race made him believe he is a better rider than them? If im not wrong, Stoner has never made such comments on other riders in the past.

I have only just noticed this and cannot believe what Casey has said - if indeed he did actually say it.
Surely he has been racing long enough to know what it is all about. Does he seriously think that everyone should just let him through? He may be faster with a clear track but racing is about more than that, if you can't overtake the bike in front and the riders behind have the audacity to overtake, then you are not going to win the race. You cannot just rely on the power of your bike - a little rider skill is required, too.
I hope this is just a one-off or a misinterpretation of his words - let's face it the press do try their best sometimes to show things differently. After Qatar he was a hero and he has let them down so should be punished...
I am prepared to give Casey the benefit of the doubt for now.

I think it was last year Stoner was supposed to be busy mouthing off about the British.....not too long before Donington! I don't know really.....the press do a lot of stirring this sort of thing up out of nothing....but also you can't always blame the press for writing what they get told. I think I'll hold out with my judgment until I see a video clip of him saying it himself....that's the safest.

An article on Casey Stoner

Moto GP 2007: Complaining won't win Casey Stoner friends on the track

The Aussie young gun needs to realise that everyone out on the track, regardless of who they are or what they are riding, is out there to win. Following the Jerez MotoGP, Aussie young gun Casey Stoner has come out firing against what he sees as irresponsible riding. It has to do with the battle in the early and middle part of the race between himself on the Ducati and Marco Melandri and Carlos Checa on their Hondas (Interestingly Checa rides for Casey's 2006 team LCR Honda).

Now admittedly I would feel somewhat nervous if I was racing closely with Carlos ‘The Chucker’ Checa, but I think Stoner needs to take a deep breath and realise that everyone out on the track, regardless of who they are or what they are riding, is out there to win.

His little rant to the media after Jerez reminded me of another serial complainer in the MotoGP paddock - Max Biaggi. Undoubtedly Max can ride a bike, and fast, just not as fast as long-time nemesis Valentino Rossi. When he raced in the MotoGP, he would often complain about the fact that everyone was out to get him, from the other racers to even the Honda factory whom he rode for. He never had the best bike, riders would supposedly hinder him on the track.

History will show Max just couldn’t compete with Rossi at his (Rossi’s) level and like Sete Gibernau after him, was totally out-psyhced by Valentino.

During his career in the 125cc, 250cc and now MotoGP, Casey has never been shy at branding others on the track as irresponsible and that they bcaused him grief on the track. I understand that, as a racer, you hate for things out of your control to affect your competitiveness, but racing is unpredictable and he should realise that. His crash in the 2005 Philip Island race at MG corner is a case in point.
So Casey, look back to see what you could become if you keep going down the path of blaming others for your inability to win races. Truth be known, you should have qualified better. You also had a bad start. Work on these things and you will be upfront and not dicing it with the second tier riders.
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