Casey Stoner born on October 16th, 1985 in New South Wales, Australia is an extraordinary motorcycle race. His passion for motorbikes made him hop on to his sister's 50cc Peewee bike at the age of three. Since then there was no turning back for this outstanding racer. Riding in his first race at the age of four, Casey Stoner, by the time he turned fourteen had raced all over Australia winning 41 dirt and long track titles and won more than 70 State titles in different cc categories.
As Casey could not take part in Australian road race until he was 16, his family taking a calculated risk moved the young racer to England where the legal age of road racing is 14. In his very first race in 2000 riding for Aprilia 125cc, Casey was lucky enough to find sponsors for his racing career. The great Alberto Puig was very much impressed by Casey's brilliant racing talents and offered him a racing seat with Telefonica Movistar Team in the 125cc Spanish Championships the next year.
In 2001, Sixteen-year-old Casey bursting forth with enthusiasm to win had participated in both the English and Spanish Championships. However he missed some of the English races due to shuttling between England and Spain. Despite his jetlag he still managed to finish second in both the championships.
Casey eventually won his ticket to race for Safilo Oxydo LCR team in the 125cc Grand Prix World Series. Showcasing his amazing racing style blended with speed and confidence, Casey Stoner finished with four podium positions and a wonderful maiden race win in Valencia in 2003. Continuing his excellent form Casey Stoner racing for KTM 2004 finished with six podium positions and a win in a GP class for KTM. He repeated his winning feat in 2005. Fighting it out with Dani Pedrosa in the series, Casey took home five wins and ten podium finishes.
In 2006, Casey found himself along side the racing giants when he made his grand entry in MotoGP, the fastest and the most prestigious of the racing classes. He displayed his amazing racing talents combined with stunning speed, he set pole position in his very second MotoGP race in Qatar and missed a race win by a whisker and finished runner-up behind Melandri. In his rookie year of the 2006 MotoGP season, Casey Stoner at twenty one, finished eighth and earned his place of pre-eminence among the racing elite of the MotoGP class.
In 2007 Casey Stoner has joined the Ducati MotoGP Team alongside Loris Capirossi, with whom he has struck up a good friendship. In winter testing he has often been amongst the pacesetters and has proved to have rapidly adapted to the Desmosedici GP7 and Bridgestone tyres. On March 10, 2007, at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar, Stoner won the first grand prix of the season, the first ever 800cc grand prix, and had his first win in the MotoGP class. After that the young Australian took other nine wins, four further podium finished and scored five pole positions. On September 23rd, in Japan, Stoner secured Ducati’s first MotoGP World Championship becoming the first rider in over 30 years to win the MotoGP title on a European made bike and the second youngest premier-class World Champion, after American legend Freddie Spencer who won his title in 1983, and at the time was 84 days younger than the 21 year old Stoner.
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