If there is something that has always distinguished Casey Stoner , it is that she never beats around the bush, even when it comes to talking about slightly tricky topics. First of all, Stoner took a position on the diminishing audience for the championship, recorded during some races this season, which according to the Australian is linked to the absence of Valentino Rossi.
“[He] wasn’t that strong in recent years and he was out of the world title fight, but I think MotoGP has lost a lot of fans who came to the races to see Valentino,” Stoner said.
Being the only one to give Ducati the title, Casey always has an eye for the Borgo Panigale manufacturer and its riders, so he also paused to talk about current championship leader Pecco Bagnaia.
“He’s a good guy and he’s working hard. He’s made too many mistakes this year, but until you’re in his situation you can’t understand him. It’s very easy to judge from the outside, so I prefer not to comment, but the speed is there. “.
“Maybe you just have to accept that you can’t win every race, and you have to finish a few more races. However, I repeat, it’s very easy to comment on mistakes from the outside.”
Lastly, he underlined that another aspect that makes reading MotoGP difficult today is its unpredictability, generated, according to him, by a certain ease in reaching maximum performance with today’s bikes.
“In the last year it is difficult to understand MotoGP, because from one race to another you see a very different list of results: the winner of a grand prix maybe next weekend it will be difficult for him to finish in the top 5 or 6, maybe even worse. So it’s very difficult to see who is strong.”
“I’m not saying that the bikes are easy to ride, but it seems that everyone can get a little closer to the peak of performance and therefore it is more difficult to understand who really makes the difference. I have the perception that some riders do. they are. They wouldn’t have been at the front if the bikes weren’t so manageable.”