Double podium for Repsol Honda Team’s 100th win
Published September 3rd, 2011 | 
Stoner celebrates not only the fastest recording position pole (1′48 .451) and race the fastest lap (1′49 .046) MotorLand in the circuit, but also took victory number 100 for the Repsol team Honda since the association was formed in 1995, where fellow Australian Mick Doohan won the first race for the team at Eastern Creek HRC.
Dani Pedrosa completed the podium for the team 1-2 with a comfortable margin over Jorge Lorenzo. Unfortunately, his team mate Andrea Dovizioso fell in the first round and could not continue.
Championship leader Stoner now enjoys a margin of 44 points ahead of Lorenzo in second place, with Dovizioso in third place behind Pedrosa and close in the fourth.
The Championship now heads east to Japan for about fifteen years in Motegi on 2 October, where she contracted with riders Shinichi Ito HRC enter as a wildcard entry in the HRC team, Kousuke Akiyoshi while traveling along Toni Elias for LCR to show support to the affected area of eastern Japan.
Casey Stoner
“Before the race everyone was a little cautious with the wind picking up after the morning warm up and the conditions being very different from what we saw this weekend. This was in our minds, also heating of the hard tires to make sure everything was fine for the start of the race. Our start was pretty normal, I pulled to the left a little in the beginning and managed to avoid hitting Dani, but Ben went outside and finished third or fourth at turn one, but from there we were able to establish and feel comfortable with the bike. I wanted to get to the front as soon as possible, since the bike has been working perfect all weekend and that was the race to lose, so I tried to cope and make a hole. Dani spent as soon as I could and tried to pull that gap, Dani kept me in the early stages, but gradually I was able to put in a hole and career management. I think everyone was struggling with the tires to an extent, but the bike was great and I do not care when the bike slides a bit! A great, great, thanks to the team and take the victory hundredth of Repsol Honda’s something special. ”
Dani Pedrosa:
“We have seen in practice that Casey was very fast here and it was also true in the race. I was losing a few tenths in the first sector and was not able to bridge the gap from the other parts of the lap. The second half of the race I was sliding all the time and I had a little fun, but it was a shame not to be closer to Casey, who had many problems with the rear tire during the race. My priority was to control the difference with the spies and George in the final laps and get another podium. We were the second in the last three races, which is not bad, but we continue to improve in the coming races. ”
Andrea Dovizioso
“I made a small slide, but fast on the first turn right, the whole weight was in the front, was unable to control the bike and I immediately lost as the front tire was not yet in temperature. It is very disappointing to see his career in the second corner of the first round, after all the hard work over the weekend. It’s a shame because we had the pace to fight for the podium and the team did a good job. Aragon leaving without scoring any points is also bad for the championship. We’re still in third place, with a fifteen-point advantage over Dani, but now we must return to the podium and have good results. Last year we had a strong finish of the season, especially in Japan and Malaysia, so I hope that family doctors to come. “
