Casey Stoner is a true MotoGP purist and has always maintained that the category should get rid of most of the “advances” it has made in recent years, both in terms of aerodynamic appendages and some electronic developments. The double world champion has once again “asked” for the riders to be the main protagonists.
After stating that Ducati will continue to have an advantage, even more so after the changes that will take place in MotoGP from 2027, in words spoken during Neil Hodgson’s Ducati Diaries podcast and quoted on Crash, the Australian looked back to the pinnacle of motorsport to point the finger at MotoGP: “I still feel like they are Formula 1 cars with two wheels. We have traction control, wheelie control and everything that Formula 1 doesn’t have. I understand that motorcycles have to progress technically to a certain point, but there comes a point where it has to stop.”
For the former rider, the important thing is to see the riders excel in their ability to control the bike, and he explained the challenge they face:
– I want to see the talent of these riders. I want to watch in slow motion and instead of seeing the winglets fold, I want to actually see these guys slide, control a wheelie, find grip where there is none. That’s what it’s all about, and the challenge. People complain all the time in motocross that the 450s are too powerful, they complain that these MotoGP bikes are too powerful, too big, [mais] That’s the point, you have to learn to control this power.
And he made it clear that anything easy to drive is out: “They talk about these e-bikes, ‘they’re so much easier to ride’ – so count me out. I don’t want something that’s easy to ride, I want something that’s hard to ride. When the grip level goes away, when it’s harder to ride, that’s when you have to start looking at what people are capable of.”
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