Why Stoner's on a mission in 2011
Casey Stoner may have been expected to win in Qatar last weekend, but as Toby Moody points out, the Australian's victory showed a steely determination that could set a trend for the season. Our man also investigates the Moto2 force that is Kalex
Casey Stoner confirmed what most people already knew from pre-season testing in Qatar - that he is the man on a mission into 2011.
He was always going to win the Qatar Grand Prix last Sunday having been first or second at the end of every one of those eight days of pre-season testing. What we didn't know is that his rivals would give him such a push in the early laps... but there may be a couple of reasons for that.
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