CASEY STONER says he's expecting even more from himself for this weekend's Sepang round of the MotoGP championship, despite referring to the event as 'kind of a holiday'.
The former World Champion says although he has done hundreds of laps of the circuit in testing on the Ducati Desmosedici GP9, there will be fireworks from him come the race.
Stoner said: “In the past I used to like racing in the heat but last year in Malaysia I was racing with a wrist injury and I’ve had the physical problems everybody knows about, so I suppose it’s a combination of factors I've suffered with in recent hot races. But at Phillip Island things went so well from a physical point of view that I feel reasonably confident.
"It will definitely be a tough race as being fast and consistent in those conditions is always difficult, regardless. It is not easy to find the perfect set-up here but that’s always been the case and with every day that passes I feel stronger and more confident that I can be competitive in both of the two races that remain. The track has become a little… boring for me, I suppose you could say – just because we have done so many laps here in testing – but the races are usually fun and I like the place. It has a kind of holiday feel to it and it puts you in a good mood.”
