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Stoner to miss Brno?????

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After a mystery illness left Casey Stoner drained and exhausted at the past four races, it was assumed that a return to his native Australia would provide Stoner with a welcome break. The rest, coupled with further consultations with doctors he has worked with before and whom he has much confidence in, would surely allow the 2007 World Champion to return to racing at Brno, if not completely recovered, then at least in better shape than he left the series after Donington.

But apparently, this is not to be. According to the Spanish website Motoworld.es, Ducati will be announcing tomorrow that Casey Stoner will not race at Brno. No one will be brought in to replace Stoner, according to Motoworld.es, something that Ducati would have to do if Stoner to miss the following round at Indianapolis two weeks later.

The report does not cite any definite cause for Stoner's decision to skip Brno, but Motoworld.es is alleging that the problems are mainly psychological, and a question of self-confidence. Stoner underwent a battery of tests after the US GP at Laguna Seca in early July, after which the team announced that the Australian had been diagnosed with mild gastritis and slight anemia. However, at Donington, Stoner denied that this was a problem, telling the press it was so minor as to be irrelevant, and that the problem must have another cause.

Being diagnosed certainly hasn't help solve Stoner's problems. According to Motoworld.es, sources inside Stoner's inner circle are reporting that if anything, his condition has got worse since the Barcelona race, rather than better.

The article goes on to compare Stoner's ailment with that of double world champion Freddie Spencer. In 1985, Spencer won both the 250 and 500cc classes in the same season, and it is said that the mental and physical effort of that year placed such a strain on him that he never fully recovered, and Spencer never won another Grand Prix race again. This however, must surely remain just speculation, and MotoGP fans around the world will surely be hoping that Stoner makes a full and speedy recovery, ready to challenge for victory again soon.
 

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The latest according to crashNet

It seems to have been a case of one door closing and another opening for Jorge Lorenzo during the Czech Republic Grand Prix weekend, when HRC announced that it would not sign the talented young Spaniard - but a new avenue of interest opened at Ducati.

Rumours of Lorenzo switching from Fiat Yamaha - with whom he made his MotoGP debut in 2008 and has taken three wins, 14 podiums and eight poles - to Repsol Honda next season have circulated since round two in Japan.

It is hard to establish exactly how serious Lorenzo had considered an RCV move, but the comments by HRC president Tetsuo Suzuki at Brno seemed to end any chance of it happening in 2010.

“We spoke with Lorenzo, but we eventually concluded that Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso would be the best line-up for us and there are no plans to provide another bike to Lorenzo," said Mr Suzuki.

Perhaps HRC came to the conclusion, as had many in the paddock, that Lorenzo was now using Honda as a negotiating tool to reach a better arrangement with Yamaha.

Lorenzo has openly stated that the YZR-M1 is the best bike in MotoGP and that he is happy with his team, but appears to want more financial equality with team-mate and reigning six time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi.

According to Spanish sportspaper AS and Riders magazine, Rossi earns 14 million euros from Yamaha, compared with 2 million for Lorenzo. The new offer on the table from Yamaha is reportedly for 4 million.

Honda's public withdraw from negotiations with Lorenzo looked like bringing the uncertainty over the double 250cc world champion's MotoGP future to an end, with a new Yamaha contract looking like a formality.

However, Casey Stoner's withdraw from the next three rounds, and uncertainty over the Australian's MotoGP future as he battles a mystery energy-sapping illness, has prompted late interest in Lorenzo from Ducati.
 
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