Australia's MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner powered back
to the top of the overall standings by a single point on
Sunday after fending off Spanish rival Jorge Lorenzo to win
in Portugal for the first time.
Australian Casey Stoner finished his championship-winning
year by overtaking Ben Spies down the final straight to win
the season-ending Valencia MotoGP on Sunday.
Casey Stoner looks to complete his fifth straight MotoGP win
at home in the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, and
potentially clinch his second world championship - all on his
26th birthday.
It takes more than a win to put a smile on Casey Stoner's
face as the Australian continued his Brickyard bashing on
Sunday despite a dominating victory at the Indianapolis
MotoGP.
Defending world champion Jorge Lorenzo and current MotoGP
championship leader Casey Stoner have confirmed that they
will not take part in the Japanese MotoGP in October.
Defending world champion Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso
finished 1-2 in the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday to cut into
Casey Stoner's lead atop the MotoGP standings.
An opening lap crash involving Marco Simoncelli and world
champion Jorge Lorenzo helped American Ben Spies to his first
MotoGP victory on Saturday at the TT Assen event in the
Netherlands.
Australia's Casey Stoner defied terrible conditions to win an
incident-filled British MotoGP on Sunday and supplant
defending champion Jorge Lorenzo at the top of the world
championship standings.
