Rossi has a 50-point lead over the Australian, but Stoner wants to keep up the pressure on the Italian and close that gap with a win this weekend.But Stoner's confident about the race, as he won at Misano last year by over five seconds and is openly

."Unfortunately in the second half of the race I started to get tired in the changes of direction and I was having to close the gap coming out of the corners to get into the next one - simply because I didn´t have the strength to flick the bike over with the throttle open

big gap, but I enjoyed it a lot. We´re good professionals and have put a very good group together, but we need to work at some tests to see how to work best with each other."I´m going to bring all my experience and know-how and try to get us up

: “The motorcycles are so sophisticated that only some manufacturers can do them. The gap between the factory machines and privateer equipment is enormous. MotoGP has become rather elitist and that is not good”. Rossi says the answer is for “the

for an elbow-to-elbow showdown in what used to be called the Premier class.Talking about his chances in Sunday's race, the eight-time World Champion said: "I expect that Stoner will be strong again, so we just need to reduce the gap to him so that we can put up

the displacement operation to remove the gap between the collarbone and the shoulder over a week ago and I'm recovering well. I'm still pretty sore all over but I was lucky to not break anything and to have this time in between races to recover. I've just started

pulling out an enormous gap of 16 seconds over his immediate pursuers. The race was red-flagged three laps from the end following a crash.After the race Shakey said: "It was a good idea to take part in the Italian championship, which is a really good level

the 11 but Steve was strong in some areas where I was weak."On lap 5 I had a really good go and just got stuck in, gapped him a little bit and cruised on the final lap so I could bring the bike home."Thanks for the support, there's a massive crowd out

Ducati's Streetfighter is a serious bit of kit. It's actually perfect for my daily commute, if not, slightly extravagant. It's narrow, nimble and precise. The engine's packing so much punch, you can scythe your way through the tiniest of gaps at a

of corners to get past Dani and take the lead, but I honestly didn't expect to be unchallenged from then on or to finish with such a big gap. This is a good track for me but I am fast more or less everywhere now. The championship is closer now; it's still