Stoner vows to end season on a high

The Australian, who won at Phillip Island two weeks ago, has been victorious in all three classes at Sepang and dominated the 2007 event for Ducati.

But while he may have won his home grand prix last time out, Stoner has not been able to so easily harness the potential of his GP8 in wet conditions. He believes however that he may have solved this problem during wet practice in Australia.

"Over the last few rounds we've managed to set a good pace in all of the dry practice sessions and struggled a little bit in the wet," he explained. "We think we found a good wet setting in Australia so unless there's an unexpected problem that crops up we should be okay for any conditions at Sepang.

"I like the track and I've got good memories because I've won there in every category - 125cc, 250cc (2004 and 2005) and MotoGP."

But Stoner, who lost his crown to Valentino Rossi in Japan last month, is already thinking ahead to 2009 and his chance to regain the title.

"We'll give our best to finish the season in a positive way, with some good results," he said. "Although to be honest my mind is on the test at the end of the season at Valencia, when we can start to work on the new Desmosedici".