Comments on: He may be quiet, but Casey Stoner’s a true champion http://www.theroar.com.au/2008/07/26/a-personable-chap/ Your Sports Opinion Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:42:42 +0000 hourly 1 By: Captain Carnage http://www.theroar.com.au/2008/07/26/a-personable-chap/comment-page-1/#comment-57651 Captain Carnage Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:10:46 +0000 http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=8824#comment-57651 I think Rossi made quite a statement last week. Stoner had the faster machine but just couldn't make his passes stick. That was the best duel I've seen in MotoGP for a long time and I think Rossi will take more out of it than Stoner. Especially when you consider that Rossi hadn't won at Laguna Seca before. Casey has a lot of work to do... I think Rossi made quite a statement last week. Stoner had the faster machine but just couldn’t make his passes stick. That was the best duel I’ve seen in MotoGP for a long time and I think Rossi will take more out of it than Stoner. Especially when you consider that Rossi hadn’t won at Laguna Seca before. Casey has a lot of work to do…

]]> By: Kazama http://www.theroar.com.au/2008/07/26/a-personable-chap/comment-page-1/#comment-57621 Kazama Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:50:11 +0000 http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=8824#comment-57621 Good article Les. I think one of the reasons Stoner doesn't enjoy the same level of adjulation that Rossi does in the (European) Moto GP community is that he is essentially seen as the villain of the piece. On the one hand you have Rossi, who has dominated the sport and been a hero not just in Italy but to people around the world for years. He's won fans by, as you point out, being a real character and expressing himself on the track with outrageous moves (Laguna Seca was an example of this). In Stoner you have a guy that has worked his guts out his whole life for just a chance to ride in Moto GP, let alone become its champion. Stoner is absolutely driven towards achieving his goals and he seemingly doesn't care what people think of him so long as he wins. I've heard Stoner is called the OzBot by some fans. I think this sort of puts him in that light of being like the Terminator, this faultless machine that can't be beaten, who has come to take Rossi's perch at the top of motocycle racing away from him. Nonetheless, I think all the fans enjoy having Stoner take it to Rossi, only they all want Rossi to win while we of course want to see Casey crowned the new king of Moto GP. And I think what happened at Laguna Seca will only serve to spur Casey on. I hope that Stoner now realises to beat Rossi at peak of his powers he'll have to do more than just get off to a quick start and use the power of the Ducati to pull away from his pursuers. Here's hoping for a fantastic second half of the season, with Casey edging out The Doctor to go back-to-back. Good article Les. I think one of the reasons Stoner doesn’t enjoy the same level of adjulation that Rossi does in the (European) Moto GP community is that he is essentially seen as the villain of the piece. On the one hand you have Rossi, who has dominated the sport and been a hero not just in Italy but to people around the world for years. He’s won fans by, as you point out, being a real character and expressing himself on the track with outrageous moves (Laguna Seca was an example of this). In Stoner you have a guy that has worked his guts out his whole life for just a chance to ride in Moto GP, let alone become its champion. Stoner is absolutely driven towards achieving his goals and he seemingly doesn’t care what people think of him so long as he wins.

I’ve heard Stoner is called the OzBot by some fans. I think this sort of puts him in that light of being like the Terminator, this faultless machine that can’t be beaten, who has come to take Rossi’s perch at the top of motocycle racing away from him. Nonetheless, I think all the fans enjoy having Stoner take it to Rossi, only they all want Rossi to win while we of course want to see Casey crowned the new king of Moto GP. And I think what happened at Laguna Seca will only serve to spur Casey on. I hope that Stoner now realises to beat Rossi at peak of his powers he’ll have to do more than just get off to a quick start and use the power of the Ducati to pull away from his pursuers. Here’s hoping for a fantastic second half of the season, with Casey edging out The Doctor to go back-to-back.

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