With just two races left in the MotoGP 800cc era, Casey Stoner will be heading to Sepang with the 2011 Championship crown already on top of his head and wanting another pole position and another win to add to the list of his already amazing accomplishments, but he’s already thinking ahead to the 2012 season.
According the Australian champion he’ll be testing the RC213V the day after the Sepang GP and there is no mention if team mate Dani Pedrosa will be involved in the development word or if Marco Simoncelli will get another chance to ride the new 1000cc bike following his test at Motegi earlier this month.
Honda’s prototype has already been tested at Brno (both Stoner and Pedrosa) and at Jerez (only Stoner).
“After clinching the title in the last race at Phillip Island we go to Malaysia with a lot less pressure and we can just look forward to the race.
It’s disappointing to hear that Jorge is unlikely to be there, we had hoped that his recovery from the operation would mean he could race there but we’ll miss him there again.
After pre-season testing in Sepang we proved to be competitive so we will arrive there positive and look to enjoy the weekend.
We’re also testing the 1000cc bike on Monday after the race, with the Championship now wrapped up, we can concentrate on the development of next years machine, so I’m also looking forward to that”.