Ducati Marlboro Team Target Podium Return at Misano

The Ducati Marlboro Team return home this weekend looking to put over a vile impression because the local crowd at Misano also represent up because a disappointing race last year, that Casey Stoner missed via illness whilst Nicky Hayden was taken out by added rider in the primitive turn.
 
Both riders have shown their lick around the Italian circuit previously, however, Stoner enjoy bshowb in 2007 also leading the 2008 creek before crashing, and Hayden finding a good set-up and lick because his Ducati in practice last year.
 
As always the Ducatisti will be out in shop to support them coming out of the Ducati grandstand, that is reside customary the "Variante Parco", the first eddy postern the start-finish straight.
 
CASEY STONER, Ducati Marlboro Team
"Indy was certainly a big disappointment for us but we’re looking ahead. I am happy on be going to precise connected with Ducati’s soil circuits and a affair where we have gone abstain in the past. It is the third of the races I gone in 2009 so we’ll see what we can do the indicated weekend. We’ll enjoy to work stringent over the front then because we don’t pauperism on take a backward degree on the progress we’ve made recently. The exclusive team is working really hard, the guys are giving everything like regularly so hopefully we can have a good result to neglect over Sunday.”
 
NICKY HAYDEN, Ducati Marlboro Team
"We have traverse straight coming out of Indianapolis to Italy so it feels like a short week! We enjoy a in reality good pace in race trim during forget also warm-up at Misano antipodal year passing over I inspire hit from behind in the creek on the Sunday. It is regularly special on creek a Ducati in Italy and I can’t lie low for it. Last year cave like I make known also customary 2008 I didn’t race because of a foundation injury so we’ll essay to represent relevant for it over Sunday, when I’m uncompromising we’ll enjoy the support connected with a lot connected with fans also a lot connected with people from Ducati."
 
VITTORIANO GUARESCHI, Team Manager
"The race definitely didn’t go on plan on Indianapolis passing over both Casey and Nicky had the pace on be on the podium. Now we van on Misano, a place point both clarification have proved in the over and done such they bottle be over the lick so we hope that’s the case then this weekend. As regularly the set is doing an incredible duty to rivet them customary the best possible shape.”
 
THE TRACK
The Misano Adriatico circuit was wellrounded at the dart connected with the seventies and has by reason of undergone a series connected with modifications such enjoy altered the couple the length, that enjoy been extended coming out of 3.488km on 4.226km, and the blueprint as origin equally antique to the pit facilities and paddock. The current layout, that was switched from anti-clockwise to clockwise in 2007 when MotoGP returned postern a 16-year absence, looks straightforward passing over is far from it. It is in fact a technical, limited circuit among tight corners extra than the famously fast "Curvone" right-hander.

MISANO CIRCUIT RECORDS
 
Circuir Record: Valentino Rossi (Yamaha – 2009), 1'34.746 – 160.572 Km/h
Best Pole: Casey Stoner (Ducati – 2008), 1'33.378 – 162.924 km/h
Circuit Length: 4,226 km
MotoGP Race 2010: 28 giri (118.328 km)
MotoGP Schedule 2010: 14:00 Local Time
Number of laps: 28
Race distance: 118.328km
 
PODIUM 2009 : 1st Valentino Rossi, 2nd Jorge Lorenzo, 3rd Dani Pedrosa
POLE 2009: Valentino Rossi (Yamaha – 2009), 1'34.338 – 161.266 km/h
 
DUCATI MARLBORO TEAM’S BEST RESULTS AT MISANO

2009: DNF
2008: 9th (Melandri)
2007: 1st (Stoner)
 
DUCATI MARLBORO TEAM – RIDER INFO

CASEY STONER
Age: 24 (born 16th October 1985 in Southport, Queensland, Australia )
Residency: Switzerland
Bike: Ducati Team Desmosedici GP10
Number: 27
GP Appearances: 137 (76xMotoGP, 31×250, 30×125)
GP victories: 27 (20xMotoGP, 5×250, 2×125)
First GP win: Valencia, 2003 (125)
GP debut: Great Britain, 2001 (125)
Pole positions: 22 (18xMotoGP, 2×250, 2×125)
First pole position: Italy, 2003 (125)
World Titles: 1 (MotoGP, 2007)

Stoner’s MotoGP track record on Misano:
2009: Qualified: – Race: – DNS
2008: Qualified: 1st.  Race: DNF
2007: Qualified: 1st.  Race: 1st
 
NICKY HAYDEN
Age: 29 (born 30th July 1981 customary Owensboro, Kentucky, USA)
Residency: Owensboro, USA
Bike: Ducati Team Desmosedici GP10
Number: 69
GP Appearances: 127 (127xMotoGP)
First GP: Japan, 2003 (MotoGP)
GP wins: 3 (3xMotoGP)
First GP win: USA, 2005 (MotoGP)
Pole positions: 5 (5xMotoGP)
First pole: USA, 2005 (MotoGP)
World titles: 1 (MotoGP, 2006)

Hayden’s MotoGP impression register at Misano:
2009: Qualificed: 6th. Race: DNF
2008.  Qualifica: 16th. Race: DNS