Motogp Round 14

Spain

Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón

29 Sep  MotorLand Aragon  Spain

Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón

Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón

Circuit info

Length: 5.078 m / 3.155 miles

Width: 15m

Left corners: 10

Right corners: 7

Longest straight: 968 m / 0.601 miles

Constructed: 2009

Modified:

Race Length:       MotoGP   Moto2   Moto3

Laps          2/3 of laps  Total Distance

23 -                          116.8 km - 72.6 miles

Introduction:

An ultra-modern facility, MotorLand Aragón had its roots firmly established thanks to a solid history of street racing in Alcañiz, which hosted events between 1963 and 2003. Safety advice warning against the continuation of this led to the proposal and construction of a sporting complex dedicated to motorsport.

With support from local institutions, renowned German architect Hermann Tilke was commissioned to design the facility. The circuit, which is 5.077km long and has 17 turns, was roundly praised by riders after its first Grand Prix in 2010, and it was rewarded with the IRTA Best Grand Prix of the Year award, the first time a circuit had received the prize in its debut year.

MotoGP Race Classification 2012

Alcañiz, Sunday, September 30, 2012

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	26	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	166.2	42'10.444
2	20	99	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	165.7	6.472
3	16	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	165.4	11.047
4	13	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	165.4	11.184
5	11	11	Ben SPIES	USA	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	165.3	13.786
6	10	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	164.3	28.166
7	9	56	Jonathan REA	GBR	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	164.1	32.29
8	8	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	163.3	44.432
9	7	17	Karel ABRAHAM	CZE	Cardion AB Motoracing	Ducati	162.5	57.417
10	6	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Power Electronics Aspar	ART	162.4	58.525
11	5	14	Randy DE PUNIET	FRA	Power Electronics Aspar	ART	162.3	59.863
12	4	8	Hector BARBERA	SPA	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	161.4	+1'14.561
13	3	68	Yonny HERNANDEZ	COL	Avintia Blusens	BQR	161.3	+1'16.159
14	2	77	James ELLISON	GBR	Paul Bird Motorsport	ART	161.3	+1'16.580
15	1	51	Michele PIRRO	ITA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	FTR	160.7	+1'25.815
16		54	Mattia PASINI	ITA	Speed Master	ART	160.3	+1'31.801
17		9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	Came IodaRacing Project	Ioda-Suter	159.7	+1'42.300
18		5	Colin EDWARDS	USA	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	Suter	156.3	1 Lap

MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2013

Alcañiz, Saturday, September 28, 2013

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time	Gap 1st/Prev.
1	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	328.9	1'47.804
2	99	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	329.5	1'47.814	0.010 / 0.010
3	26	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	334	1'47.957	0.153 / 0.143
4	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	329.7	1'47.962	0.158 / 0.005
5	6	Stefan BRADL	GER	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	334.6	1'48.128	0.324 / 0.166
6	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	GO&FUN Honda Gresini	Honda	330.4	1'48.302	0.498 / 0.174
7	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	323.8	1'48.653	0.849 / 0.351
8	38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	328.2	1'48.854	1.050 / 0.201
9	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	327.7	1'49.219	1.415 / 0.365
10	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Power Electronics Aspar	ART	317.8	1'49.348	1.544 / 0.129
11	69	Nicky HAYDEN	USA	Ducati Team	Ducati	330.8	1'49.428	1.624 / 0.080
12	29	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Energy T.I. Pramac Racing	Ducati	324.3	1'50.094	2.290 / 0.666

MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 1  Classification 2013

Alcañiz, Saturday, September 28, 2013

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time	Gap 1st/Prev.
1	38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	326.3	1'49.724
2	29	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Energy T.I. Pramac Racing	Ducati	327.9	1'50.394	0.670 / 0.670
3	68	Yonny HERNANDEZ	COL	Ignite Pramac Racing	Ducati	325.2	1'50.685	0.961 / 0.291
4	7	Hiroshi AOYAMA	JPN	Avintia Blusens	FTR	312.9	1'50.995	1.271 / 0.310
5	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	Came IodaRacing Project	Ioda-Suter	306	1'51.030	1.306 / 0.035
6	14	Randy DE PUNIET	FRA	Power Electronics Aspar	ART	311.8	1'51.297	1.573 / 0.267
7	5	Colin EDWARDS	USA	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	FTR Kawasaki	311	1'51.327	1.603 / 0.030
8	71	Claudio CORTI	ITA	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	FTR Kawasaki	312.6	1'51.519	1.795 / 0.192
9	8	Hector BARBERA	SPA	Avintia Blusens	FTR	318.1	1'51.552	1.828 / 0.033
10	70	Michael LAVERTY	GBR	Paul Bird Motorsport	ART	313.1	1'51.639	1.915 / 0.087
11	67	Bryan STARING	AUS	GO&FUN Honda Gresini	FTR Honda	310.7	1'52.102	2.378 / 0.463
12	23	Luca SCASSA	ITA	Cardion AB Motoracing	ART	311	1'52.305	2.581 / 0.203
13	52	Lukas PESEK	CZE	Came IodaRacing Project	Ioda-Suter	303.4	1'52.989	3.265 / 0.684
14	50	Damian CUDLIN	AUS	Paul Bird Motorsport	PBM	311.6	1'53.521	3.797 / 0.532

Valentino Rossi, Yamaha Factory Racing, Aragón Q2

Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Team, Aragón Q2

Jorge Lorenzo, Yamaha Factory Racing, Aragón Q2

Lorenzo, Marquez, Pedrosa, Yamaha Factory Racing, Repsol Honda Team, Aragón Q2

Marquez beats Lorenzo to Aragón pole

Championship leader Marc Marquez has achieved his seventh pole position of the MotoGP™ season, edging out Jorge Lorenzo by one hundredth of a second at MotorLand Aragon. Last year’s winner Dani Pedrosa will start third, with Valentino Rossi and Stefan Bradl completing the top five.

Marquez’s seventh pole and third in succession came following a tight battle in north-eastern Spain, with MotorLand Aragón being one of seven anti-clockwise circuits on the current calendar. Lorenzo had topped the timesheets on Friday morning before Marquez moved ahead, although – following a damp third session – it was Pedrosa who led the way in final practice ahead of qualifying.

The record pole time was delivered by Marquez in the form of 1’47.804, with Yamaha Factory Racing’s Lorenzo preventing a Repsol Honda Team qualifying one-two. This means the top three on the grid will start in championship order, with Marquez holding a 34-point advantage over both of his rivals. Lorenzo’s teammate Valentino Rossi also saw his grid place match his position in the championship, being demoted from second to fourth in the final moments, ahead of Honda satellite riders Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda MotoGP) and Alvaro Bautista (GO&FUN Honda Gresini).

Struggling for top speed on Aragón’s kilometre-long back straight, Cal Crutchlow could muster no more than seventh place while Monster Yamaha Tech3 teammate Bradley Smith qualified eighth and only two tenths of a second slower, having progressed from Q1 after being denied the chance of a direct Q2 position due chiefly to track conditions in third practice. Ducati Team’s Andrea Dovizioso and Power Electronics Aspar’s Aleix Espargaro (the leading CRT runner) completed the top ten, while Ducati’s Nicky Hayden (11th) was unable to meet his second row target and Energy T.I. Pramac’s Andrea Iannone (12th) rounded out the first half of the grid.

Yonny Hernandez enjoyed a strong debut for Ignite Pramac Racing and almost a spot in Q2 en route to 13th place, while Aspar’s Randy de Puniet settled for 16th following problems. Italian debutant Luca Scassa (Cardion AB Motoracing) will head up the back row from 22nd, covering for Karel Abraham who is out for the rest of the season, while Australia’s Damian Cudlin – replacing Hernandez at PBM for both Aragón and Phillip Island – experienced a crash from which he suffered minor injuries to his right hand and arm. This weekend’s race marks Round 14 of 2013 and the fourth at MotorLand Aragón, which first appeared on the MotoGP™ calendar in 2010.

Race Day

Motogp Round 14   Jorge Lorenzo, Yamaha Factory Racing

Motogp Round 14  MotoGP Aragón RAC

Motogp Round 14  MotoGP Aragón RAC

Motogp Round 14  MotoGP Aragón RAC

Motogp Round 14   MotoGP Aragón RAC

Motogp Round 14  MotoGP Aragón RAC

Motogp Round 14   Pedrosa Crash, Repsol Honda Team

Motogp Round 14  Valentino Rossi, Yamaha Factory Racing

Motogp Round 14  Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Team

Motogp Round 14   Lorenzo, Marquez, Rossi

Paddock Girls

Motogp Round 14 Paddock Girls

Motogp Round 14 Paddock Girls

Motogp Round 14 Paddock Girls

Motogp Round 14 Paddock Girls

Motogp Round 14 Paddock Girls

Motogp Round 14 Paddock Girls

MotoGP Race Classification 2013 

Alcañiz, Sunday, September 29, 2013

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	166.6	42'03.459
2	20	99	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	166.5	1.356
3	16	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	165.7	12.927
4	13	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	GO&FUN Honda Gresini	Honda	165.7	13.787
5	11	6	Stefan BRADL	GER	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	165.7	13.973
6	10	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	165.6	14.662
7	9	38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	164.5	31.22
8	8	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	163.9	40.671
9	7	69	Nicky HAYDEN	USA	Ducati Team	Ducati	163.1	53.413
10	6	29	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Energy T.I. Pramac Racing	Ducati	163	55.067
11	5	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Power Electronics Aspar	ART	162.8	58.001
12	4	68	Yonny HERNANDEZ	COL	Ignite Pramac Racing	Ducati	162.4	+1'05.513
13	3	14	Randy DE PUNIET	FRA	Power Electronics Aspar	ART	162.3	+1'06.589
14	2	7	Hiroshi AOYAMA	JPN	Avintia Blusens	FTR	162.2	+1'08.674
15	1	71	Claudio CORTI	ITA	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	FTR Kawasaki	162.1	+1'09.130
16		5	Colin EDWARDS	USA	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	FTR Kawasaki	161.9	+1'12.041
17		23	Luca SCASSA	ITA	Cardion AB Motoracing	ART	159.9	+1'45.152
18		67	Bryan STARING	AUS	GO&FUN Honda Gresini	FTR Honda	159.9	+1'45.228
19		52	Lukas PESEK	CZE	Came IodaRacing Project	Ioda-Suter	159.9	+1'45.583

Moto2 Race Classification 2013

moto2
Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	18	Nicolas TEROL	SPA	Aspar Team Moto2	Suter	158.9	40'15.232
2	20	80	Esteve RABAT	SPA	Tuenti HP 40	Kalex	158.8	1.736
3	16	40	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Tuenti HP 40	Kalex	158.7	3.53
4	13	45	Scott REDDING	GBR	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	158.6	3.783
5	11	36	Mika KALLIO	FIN	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	158.6	4.049
6	10	81	Jordi TORRES	SPA	Aspar Team Moto2	Suter	158.1	11.602
7	9	5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	Came Iodaracing Project	Suter	157.8	16.298
8	8	60	Julian SIMON	SPA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	157.7	18.765
9	7	54	Mattia PASINI	ITA	NGM Mobile Racing	Speed Up	157.4	22.266
10	6	11	Sandro CORTESE	GER	Dynavolt Intact GP	Kalex	157.3	23.757

Moto3 Race Classification 2013

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	42	Alex RINS	SPA	Estrella Galicia 0,0	KTM	152	40'04.214
2	20	25	Maverick VIÑALES	SPA	Team Calvo	KTM	152	0.426
3	16	12	Alex MARQUEZ	SPA	Estrella Galicia 0,0	KTM	151.2	12.377
4	13	39	Luis SALOM	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	151	16.416
5	11	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	POR	Mahindra Racing	Mahindra	151	16.496
6	10	65	Philipp OETTL	GER	Tec Interwetten Moto3 Racing	Kalex KTM	150.7	21.539
7	9	94	Jonas FOLGER	GER	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3	Kalex KTM	150.4	25.255
8	8	5	Romano FENATI	ITA	San Carlo Team Italia	FTR Honda	150.3	27.711
9	7	61	Arthur SISSIS	AUS	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	150.3	27.888
10	6	7	Efren VAZQUEZ	SPA	Mahindra Racing	Mahindra	150.2	28.977

Marquez wins from Lorenzo as Pedrosa crashes

Marc Marquez has increased his possibilities of becoming a rookie MotoGP™ World Champion by claiming his sixth victory of 2013 in the Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón. Current title holder Jorge Lorenzo was overtaken by the newcomer en route to second place, as Dani Pedrosa crashed out of the race on the sixth lap.

Starting from his seventh pole position of the season, Marquez had beaten Lorenzo by one hundredth of a second on Saturday whereas last year’s Aragón winner Pedrosa was starting on the front row for the first time since Indianapolis. Yamaha Factory Racing’s Lorenzo grabbed the lead at the start, as the Repsol Honda Team riders immediately went to battle at the second corner.

The critical moment of the afternoon, and perhaps of the 2013 World Championship, would come on Lap 6. As both Hondas closed in on Lorenzo for the lead, Marquez ran third but appeared to out-brake himself at Turn 12. Moments later, Pedrosa dramatically highsided out of the race and it was later confirmed that the two teammates had made contact. The moment allowed Lorenzo to extend his lead to 1.7 seconds, although he was caught by Marquez and overhauled at the same corner eight laps later. The championship lead now increases to 39 points with 100 left on offer.

Lorenzo’s teammate Valentino Rossi finished on the podium for the first time since Laguna Seca, fending off GO&FUN Honda Gresini’s Alvaro Bautista, LCR Honda MotoGP’s Stefan Bradl and Monster Yamaha Tech3’s Cal Crutchlow in a highly entertaining four-rider contest. Tech3’s Bradley Smith, Ducati Team duo Andrea Dovizioso and Nicky Hayden and Energy T.I. Pramac Racing’s Andrea Iannone completed the top ten, while Power Electronics Aspar’s Aleix Espargaro was once again the leading CRT runner in 11th spot. In 17th place, Italian Luca Scassa ended his debut with Cardion AB Motoracing ahead of two other CRT machines, covering for Karel Abraham who has been ruled out of action for the rest of the campaign.

A total of five riders failed to finish. Pedrosa retired for the first time this year on his 28th birthday, while PBM’s Michael Laverty and Came IodaRacing Project’s Danilo Petrucci were put out of action on the opening lap in an incident also involving Scassa. On his return to MotoGP™, Australia’s Damian Cudlin suffered gearbox issues while Avintia Blusens’ Hector Barbera pulled into the pits, having already changed bikes after encountering pre-race problems with his original.

With four races remaining in the 2013 season, the drama will continue at the Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix in two weekends’ time.

Rossi reacts to 146th premier class podium

Valentino Rossi was back on the podium for the fifth time in 2013 and the 146th time in his premier class career at the Gran Premio Iveco de Aragon on Sunday.

The nine-time World Champion took advantage of the highside crash of Dani Pedrosa in front of him during the race to slot in behind Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo and was happy to return to the rostrum.

However, it was not an easy ride, with The Doctor fending off the challenge of Alvaro Bautista towards the end of the 23 lap MotorLand contest and with Stefan Bradl and Cal Crutchlow also hovering nearby for most of the race.

“At the end, the battle was very hard. I always had Bradl very close and in the end I had Bautista, who was also very fast; he overtook me and was able to make up a bit of a gap. Afterwards, I was able to come back and overtake and did the last lap very much on the limit because I wanted to try and arrive on the podium. Also, I had to pay attention because Crutchlow was not so far behind,” sated Rossi post-race.

Although satisfied to be up on the rostrum again, the Yamaha Factory Racing rider acknowledged he wanted to be closer to the front, having finished 13 seconds adrift of Marquez.

“It is always positive and a great result to be on the podium, but I expected a little bit more from the race,” he continued.

“I want to go faster and be closer to the top guys because all weekend, especially yesterday, it was not so bad. I decided for the harder tyre on the front – Jorge and Marc had the softer – and after some laps I was in a lot of trouble with understeer and under braking. I tried the maximum and wasn’t strong enough, but this result is good for the team and I and we will try again next time in Malaysia.”

Lorenzo: ‘I pushed to the limits’

World Champion Jorge Lorenzo says he ‘pushed to the limits’ in Sunday’s 23 lap Gran Premio Iveco de Aragon race, but it was not enough to prevent another Marc Marquez victory.

Lorenzo made a brilliant start to the race from second on the grid and it looked in the early stages of the race as if he could repeat his Silverstone and Misano victories, as he cranked up the pressure.

But despite Marquez clashing with teammate Dani Pedrosa behind Lorenzo - or perhaps even as a result of the collision which took an improving Pedrosa out – it would eventually be the Repsol Honda rookie who triumphed over his Yamaha Factory Racing rival at the MotorLand circuit.

Marquez and Lorenzo flew away from the rest of the field after the Pedrosa incident and would both finish well over 10 seconds ahead of third placed Valentino Rossi, but Lorenzo eventually missed out on a third successive victory by +1.356s.

Afterwards he explained, “Like always, I tried to open up a gap at the beginning, but when Marc recovered all of that gap I just relaxed to try and save a bit of energy to try and be with him at the end of the race. Really, he was stronger all weekend. I pushed to the limits to follow him, but it was impossible. No excuses. He was faster today and we have to think about the next race.”

Lorenzo also explained the set-up changes made on Sunday and how he had hoped they would improve his performance, ultimately to no avail, stating, “The tactic was to try and improve the bike in the Warm-Up. Finally, we gained a little bit with turn-in. The turn-in was better but on braking it was worse – I was losing so much compared with Marc.”

MotoGP World Standing 2013

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Marc MARQUEZ	Honda	SPA	278
2	Jorge LORENZO	Yamaha	SPA	239
3	Dani PEDROSA	Honda	SPA	219
4	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	ITA	185
5	Cal CRUTCHLOW	Yamaha	GBR	156
6	Stefan BRADL	Honda	GER	135
7	Alvaro BAUTISTA	Honda	SPA	125
8	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	Ducati	ITA	112
9	Nicky HAYDEN	Ducati	USA	102
10	Bradley SMITH	Yamaha	GBR	80
11	Aleix ESPARGARO	ART	SPA	76
12	Michele PIRRO	Ducati	ITA	50
13	Andrea IANNONE	Ducati	ITA	47
14	Colin EDWARDS	FTR Kawasaki	USA	31
15	Hector BARBERA	FTR	SPA	27
16	Randy DE PUNIET	ART	FRA	23
17	Danilo PETRUCCI	Ioda-Suter	ITA	23
18	Yonny HERNANDEZ	Ducati	COL	11
19	Ben SPIES	Ducati	USA	9
20	Claudio CORTI	FTR Kawasaki	ITA	8
21	Hiroshi AOYAMA	FTR	JPN	8
22	Alex DE ANGELIS	Ducati	RSM	5
23	Karel ABRAHAM	ART	CZE	5
24	Michael LAVERTY	PBM	GBR	3
25	Bryan STARING	FTR Honda	AUS	2
26	Javier DEL AMOR	FTR	SPA	1

Moto2 World Standing 2013

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Scott REDDING	Kalex	GBR	215
2	Pol ESPARGARO	Kalex	SPA	195
3	Esteve RABAT	Kalex	SPA	171
4	Mika KALLIO	Kalex	FIN	143
5	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Kalex	JPN	130
6	Dominique AEGERTER	Suter	SWI	122
7	Johann ZARCO	Suter	FRA	113
8	Nicolas TEROL	Suter	SPA	108
9	Thomas LUTHI	Suter	SWI	94
10	Jordi TORRES	Suter	SPA	83

Moto3 World Standing 2013

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Luis SALOM	KTM	SPA	259
2	Alex RINS	KTM	SPA	250
3	Maverick VIÑALES	KTM	SPA	247
4	Alex MARQUEZ	KTM	SPA	149
5	Jonas FOLGER	Kalex KTM	GER	129
6	Miguel OLIVEIRA	Mahindra	POR	115
7	Jack MILLER	FTR Honda	AUS	79
8	Alexis MASBOU	FTR Honda	FRA	69
9	Efren VAZQUEZ	Mahindra	SPA	62
10	Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN	KTM	MAL	60

Casey Stoner set for Phillip Island return

One year after retiring from MotoGP™, Australian hero Casey Stoner will return to the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit to join fellow Aussie World Champions Wayne Gardner and Mick Doohan for a lap of honour at the 2013 Tissot Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix.
There are only three riders who have been recognised with their own stretch of bitumen at the renowned Phillip Island track and it is fitting that all three will ride together in a once-in-a-lifetime display for fans at next month’s MotoGP™ event.

Stoner has completed hundreds of laps around the 4.445km circuit on race weekends but 2013 will be something different for the two-time World Champion.

"The 2012 Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix was a fairytale ending to my MotoGP™ career," he said. "It will be nice to take to the track with Mick and Wayne this year without the pressure of competing. I look forward to enjoying it and mixing with the fans that have supported me throughout my career."

Stoner has won the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix for the last six years in a row and in 115 MotoGP™ outings started on pole 39 times, set 29 fastest laps and took 69 podium finishes. He won 38 times; only Rossi, his great compatriot Giacomo Agostini and Mick Doohan stand above him on the all-time premier class winners’ list.

Stoner will be joined by Gardner and Doohan on 20 October, just moments before the start of the 2013 Tissot Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix in which a new King of Phillip Island will be crowned.

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