The 2012 MotoGP grid guide
It's a revolutionary season for MotoGP with the introduction of CRT bikes and the return of the thundering 1000cc four-strokes. Sam Tremayne takes you through the grid from favourites to newbies ahead of this weekends Qatar opener
HONDA
#1 Casey Stoner (AUS)
Debut: Spain 2006
Wins: 33
Poles: 34
Fastest Laps: 27
Championships: 2 (2007, 2011)
2011: MotoGP Champion
Stoner's talent was set free following his switch to Honda in 2011. No longer faced with grabbing the wild Ducati by the scruff of its neck, he was simply sensational and won the world championship at a canter - becoming in the process only the fifth man in history to have won the sport's premier title on two different makes of bike.
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