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How Ducati returned to the top

Toby Moody analyses the reasons for Ducati's return to form, the already tense situation at Honda Racing, and the 2011 MotoGP calendar.

Ducati flies

For the first time since Valencia 2007 a Yamaha didn't get on the podium, and for the first time since Australia that same year, two Ducatis were on it. Where did that come from to bag Ducati's first win of the 2010 season? Whatever it was, they needed it because as Casey Stoner said after the race: "Misano was the worst race all year so for us to come back from that is great."

Indeed, you could tell he was back on form because over three hours after the race, the Aussie was going through things with his crew, still in his leathers, in the Ducati garage. He was on and off the bike, showing the guys how he wants the trailing edge of the screen to be so he doesn't clip it with his visor and how the seat foam could be a little thicker to raise him up further were just some minor, but actually all very important things that were discussed.