Casey Stoner won with his Ducati Desmosedici Phillip Island round before Yamaha rider and new World Champion Valentino Rossi.
Casey on his victory: “This weekend has been a bit like the whole season -up and down! Thankfully it’s finished on a high and it’s a great feeling to win my home Grand Prix in front of all these wonderful fans, with my family here too.
It’s been a great year for me and even though we haven’t won the title I feel proud of our achievements.
If we can battle for the championship again next year that would be great but for now I’m just going to enjoy winning my home GP.
”Livio Suppo, Ducati MotoGP Project Director said about Casey and the victories: “Casey was fantastic and he truly deserved to win here at Phillip Island.
Today’s victory is really very special and comes after a few difficult races for him.
I am very happy that he has been successful here of all places, in front of his fans.
And it is also the best way for us to celebrate our one hundredth race in MotoGP.
”The statistics: It’s the 5th victory of the season for Casey, the 2nd in a row at Phillip Island and the 15th in his name.
For Ducati 100th MotoGP race since the start in the Championship in 2003.
Ducati claimed 58 podiums with 23 of the victories and 22 pole positions.
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