 Since joining the Ducati MotoGP team in 2007, Casey had his first win in the MotoGP class at the 800cc grand prix in Qatar. Nine wins, four podiums and five pole positions later, Casey became Ducati’s first ever MotoGP World Champion and the first rider in over 30 years to win the title on a European made bike. He is also now the second youngest premier-class world champion, after the American legend Freddie Spencer.
Casey Stoner always displayed an extraordinary passion and talent for motorbike riding. He was a very early starter: at the age of four he competed in his first race in the under 9s category at the Hatchers dirt racing track on the Gold Coast. He continued racing and just after his 14th birthday he moved to England to start his road racing career. Casey was talented enough to attract immediate sponsorship after just one race in the UK, and started to race on the English 125cc Aprilia Championship in 2000. Casey's determination and skill saw him race in the 125cc Spanish Championships in 2001, the 125GP series in 2002 and the 250GP machine at only 16 years of age.
After influential wins in 2003 and 2004, riding a 125cc bike, Casey rode an official 250cc Aprilia achieving 10 podiums throughout the season. At just twenty years of age his ambition to ride in the fastest and most prestigious of the classes had become a reality and Casey rode in MotoGP.
Following last year’s massive success in winning Ducati’s first MotoGP World Championship, 2008 will see Stoner continuing racing for the Italian team, riding the new Ducati Desmosedici GP8.
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