A feat he achieved that illustrates his passion and "need" for racing was at the age of twelve. Over a weekend he drove in five different categories in all seven rounds of each capacity. A weekend consists of 35 different breeds ... Not only did he compete in all these categories and different engine sizes, the young Casey Stoner went to win 32 of the 35 races. There were five Australian titles to win the weekend, Stoner won all five.
The legal age to enter into road racing in Australia is 16. At the age of 14 years, Stoner and his parents agreed that he was ready to move up to road racing so they packed up and moved to England - where the legal age for road racing is 14.
From 2000 to 2002, he contested the national 125cc GP championships in Britain and Spain, winning the English 125cc Aprilia Championship in 2000, before the full-time 250cc GP World Championship in 2002. His season on an Aprilia, led by Lucio Cecchinello was turbulent, with no podium places from 15 race starts.
In 2003 Stoner to the 125cc GP category. Here, working again with Aprilia and Cecchinello, he met with great success, scoring his first GP race win and three second places and finished eighth overall at the end of the season.
Stoner in 2004 member of the Red Bull KTM factory team in the 125cc class and continued to improve with another race win, two second places, three thirds, and a final championship of the fifth position.
In 2005 he returned to the 250cc world championship class, racing for the team again Lucio Cecchinello 'on an Aprilia. Onboard a factory Aprilia, Stoner came at the end of the season as a serious threat to championship leader Dani Pedrosa, a threat that only picked up by a crash at Stoner's home Grand Prix at Phillip Island, allowing Pedrosa to an insurmountable points lead to determine. Stoner went on a solid second in the overall championship claim with an impressive five wins for the season.
Stoner was in advanced negotiations with Yamaha, but after she left him, he settled on an alliance once more with team manager Lucio Cecchinello on a Honda RC211V, on a one-bike team new to the series for the 2006 season, LCR team. He took pole in only his second MotoGP race, but crashed several times during the season. He finished in 8th position with his best result a second place in the Turkish GP, where he led until overtaken in the final corner by Marco Melandri.
Stoner secured a ride with the factory Ducati team for the 2007 season, joining Loris Capirossion the new 800cc Ducati Desmosedici GP7. 6 poles and 10 victories (including three of the first four), took him to his first Grand Prix title, with a margin of 125 points (equivalent to five victories) over Dani Pedrosa, which he built in the second half of the season. His worst finish was a sixth place at Motegi, it was all he needed to clinch the title that day.
Stoner opened the 2008 season with a victory over Qatar, for a run of two races without a podium. He returned to the podium with second place at Mugello, before starting a run of seven successive pole positions. He turned three of them consecutive victories - a light-to-flag win at Donington, making each round at Assen six days later, recovering from a massive Friday crash at Sachsenring to win in the wet after Dani Pedrosa crashed , moving to within 20 points of the championship lead. However, successive crashes while fighting for the lead at Laguna Seca (where he, on the side on second to Valentino Rossi), Brno and Misano ensured that he could not successfully defend the title. Stoner finished the 2008 season as runner-up to Rossi with 280 points, the highest score ever obtained without taking the title
Stoner stayed with Ducati for the 2009 season with a new teammate Nicky Hayden, with a further option for a fourth season in 2010. A strong start to the season left a three-way battle with Stoner in the Fiat Yamaha duo Jorge Lorenzo and Rossi, before he was struck by a mysterious illness affecting him long enough for the end of the races, making him 16 points behind Rossi and 7 Lorenzo behind after the U.S. Grand Prix at Laguna Seca on July 5.
Stoner was subsequently diagnosed with anemia and inflammation of the stomach lining. Stoner later disputed the diagnosis, however, and to continue to struggle with the condition, he announced on August 10, 2009 that he would be 11 rounds, 12 and 13 in Brno, Misano and Indianapolis, respectively, Mass in an attempt to recover from the disease. Mika Kallio was elected to replace the Stoner's three races. Stoner returned to racing late in the 2009 season, placing second in the Grand Prix of Portugal and an emphatic first in the Australian Grand Prix, which he led throughout. In interviews following the Australian Grand Prix, Stoner said he was not the premature fatigue that had dogged him earlier in the 2009 season before. He followed this with another first place in the wet at the Malaysian Grand Prix.
In the latest round of 2009 in Valencia, Stoner dominated every practice and qualifying for the pole to take on cold tires crash on the warm-up lap and missed the race.
In the test held immediately after the Valencia round, Stoner was quickest again while testing the new 2010 version of the Desmosedici. However, Rossi was fastest in five of the six pre-season testing.
Stoner qualified on pole for the season opener in Qatar, and led the race when he crashed out, later acknowledging that this was his own fault. He crashed out on lap three Le Mans, this time allocation of the crash at the front of the bicycle brake when it's not running at maximum speed. His first podium of the year came at Assen despite struggling with inflated arm late in the race.
In 2011 Stoner joined Honda Racing Corporation, after four years with Ducati Corse, where he was replaced by Valentino Rossi.
Stoner was racing with the Repsol Honda Team in 2011, with teammates Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso. In the pre-season testing in Malaysia, Stoner was fastest in all three sessions, closely followed by Pedrosa and reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo. Stoner won the season-opening race from pole position in Qatar, and was fastest in free practice sessions held each before qualifying. Stoner won three of the first five rounds of the season, with victories at Le Mans Catalunya and adding to his Qatar victory. Stoner wins at Silverstone added in humid conditions, and Laguna Seca, a 20-point lead over Jorge Lorenzo with eight races remaining in the season.
Stoner proposed boycott of the Japanese Grand Prix for fear of his health from radiation Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power from the plant, although all independent scientific experts including the World Health Organization and the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency stated that it is safe to permanently live 80 km (50 mi) or more of the plant, and despite the fact that he drives a Japanese manufacturer. Motegi is more than 120 km (75 mi) from the plant.
Stoner signs of feeling undervalued by the general public. He was angered by suggestions that the consistent bicycle tires and a bigger role in his success than he had, and unhappy in boos at Donington in both 2007 and 2008.
In August 2008 he was criticized for his club team with Philip Morris tobacco.
Stoner stated that he prefers to shun the limelight and prefers to let his driving style to the word. In a recent interview with the Australian Motorcycle News, he was quoted as saying that he preferred a return to the purer form of racing in the 500cc days, stating that "Back in those days, it was just racing - Doohan, Rainey, Schwantz, Gardner, Lawson -. not nearly as much nonsense as now That's life. " compared to the race he participates in
Stoner met Adriana Tuchyna from Adelaide when they went to him at Phillip Island in 2003 and asked him to sign her stomach. A relationship began in 2005 when she turned 16, and they married in Adelaide on January 6, 2007.
After his experience of fatigue and illness in 2009, Stoner was eventually diagnosed as lactose intolerance.
In the Czech Republic Grand Prix in August 2011, Stoner announced that his wife was pregnant with their first child
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