Casey Stoner Tops Jerez Test In Final Minutes

As last year's MotoGP champion, Casey Stoner, is the odds-on
favorite to win again this year, even with an increased field that
will include multiple claiming rule teams. And for the most part,
fans expect Stoner to be at the top of the charts during the major
tests, especially the ones that last multiple days.
That hope almost didn't come to fruition at the recent three-day
MotoGP test in Jerez, the final one before the season begins. The
key word here is almost - Stoner did ultimately end up on top of
the leaderboard, but it took until the final 10 minutes for him to
do so.
At the very end of the third day, Stoner finally put together his
best lap, beating Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo by .173 of a second with
his final time of 1:38.780. The time meant that Stoner completed
the pre-season trifecta, with the best times during the two Sepang
tests and Jerez. While Stoner was happy with the results, he said
the team still had a bit of work to do.
"Today we were really pleased with the lap times we're running, but
I think we can still improve the bike quite a bit before the race
here," said Stoner.