Earlier this week the HRC MotoGP Twitter feed released a little statistic comparison between the successes of Casey Stoner and Valentino Rossi from the period of 2006-2011 (see here), this was posted with the words 'The stats say it all

races without a podium finish, since Valentino Rossi was 3rd at the French GP last year. This is the longest sequence of successive races for Ducati without a podium since they entered the MotoGP class at the start of 2003.11 – On the Sunday of the race

. This is the same number of podium finishes in the premier-class as both 1993 world champion Kevin Schwantz and 1999 world champion Alex Criville.20 – Valentino Rossi has finished in the top nine in all 20 races since returning from injury at the German Grand Prix

winners in the MotoGP class in Germany over the last three years, riding three different makes of motorcycle; 2008 – Stoner (Ducati), 2009 – Rossi (Yamaha), 2010 – Pedrosa (Honda)2 – Two German riders won at the old Sachsenring circuit: Ernst Degner (MZ

race last year is the best ever result at the Portuguese Grand Prix by a home rider.5 - Valentino Rossi is the rider with most victories at Estoril, having won the premier-class race on five occasions. The next most successful are Toni Elias, Jorge

Grand Prix. This is the closest any Ducati rider has finished to the race winner since Rossi finished 7th at Misano last year, 23 seconds behind race winner Jorge Lorenzo.25 points - Following the opening three races of 2012, Casey Stoner has scored 25

five riders have finished on the podium more times than Stoner in the premier-class; Valentino Rossi, Mick Doohan, Giacomo Agostini, Eddie Lawson and Wayne Rainey.39 - Casey Stoner’s win at the Australian Grand Prix was the 39th time he has stood

the last six races in the 125cc race. This is the longest ever sequence of successive 125cc GP wins achieved by Derbi.5 – Valentino Rossi is the rider with most victories at the new Sachsenring circuit with five wins (1x 250cc, 4 x MotoGP), followed

at circuits where we had problems last season and from that perspective things are going very well.”Jerez Circuit stats: Circuit Record: Valentino Rossi (Yamaha – 2005) 1’40.596 Best pole: Loris Capirossi (Ducati – 2006) 1’39.064 Lap times 17 February 2008 1

Rossi is the most successful rider across all the classes at Mugello, with a total of nine victories; one each in 125cc and 250cc classes to add to his seven successive MotoGP wins.5 - Yamaha have been the most successful manufacturer in the four