Stoner out?

I heard he won't race now till the Portugal GP. Bugger! Hopefully that means
he'll be fighting fit for PI...

betty

 

he wasnt going to win anyway, may as well get better.

Virus sidelines Stoner for three races

Casey Stoner's world title hopes have been dashed by a mystery virus
that has ruled the 2007 champion out of the next three MotoGP races,
the Australian's Ducati team announced on Monday.

Stoner, 23, was feeling unwell at the Catalunyan and Dutch races and
received treatment after Laguna Seca.

He said he had taken what he described as "this difficult decision"
after consultations with his medical team back in Australia.

"The doctors believe I was already suffering from a virus in Barcelona
and that in continuing to ride I pushed my body too far which led to a
state of extreme fatigue," he explained.

He will be replaced by Finland's Mika Kallio for this month's Grands
Prix in the Czech Republic and Indianapolis and San Marino on
September 6 with a return expected in Portugal.

Stoner was lying third in the overall standings behind Yamaha riders
Valentino Rossi of Italy and Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo.

The battle for the world title will now focus on Rossi and Lorenzo
with the Italian having a 35-point advantage with

 

what a sook, at least Felipe Massa took a spring to the head @ 200kmh
to get a couple of races off


mh

 

Was he on the Norton Rotary?

 

dunno, but I believe he is now on morphine


mh

 

C'mon, that is a bit tough on Stoner.