Ducati, Program Change: Stoner absent in the next test

Casey Stoner remains in the pits: a provision of Regulation prevents him
from taking to the track in the next test in Qatar 

Test prohibited on the track in which you dispute a Grand Prix from fourteen days before the event: 

the rule applies not only to the drivers but also for the testers. With the result that the Australian Red will have to remain stationary in the pits


The new Casey Stoner test with Ducati in Qatar scheduled for the weekend fell through. It was expected that the Australian came back on the Desmosedici next Sunday and Monday, but the regulatory rule prohibiting testing on the track where you dispute a Grand Prix from fourteen days before the event, also applies to the testers.

Ducati, which had already rented the track for two days to be devoted in part to television coverage and partly to Stoner tests, has held consultations with the Human Race until you come to a conclusion so clear than it expected: you can not do . Fades as a new opportunity for discussion between Stoner and his former rivals on one of the most popular tracks by Australian (five wins, one in 250) and falls so completely any doubt about the fact that Stoner might want to use the test canceled for decide whether to make the wild card to the first round of the World MotoGP scheduled March 20.

"Exactly," said the Ducati Team Manager Davide Tardozzi to Sky Sports Motogp, "Casey will not participate in the Qatar race as a wild card. Besides, it has never been either his or our own will, we have not really even talked about. "

source: sport.sky.it

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