Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. I had a very nice offer from Honda to renew my contract for 2013 but I don't want to ride and just take the money. This is maybe not a waste of talent, it’s a waste of life for me if I continue doing it. This is not the championship I fell in love with. After a promising maiden season he moved to Ducati in 2007 and completely dominated the championship by claiming 10 wins.
I don’t believe I will be leaving anything behind, I’m very happy with the career that I’ve had this far, in such a short space, to have had the race wins that I’ve had, the battles that I’ve had, the success, and also the problems that I’ve had. Casey Stoner says he has lost his passion for the sport, MotoGP champion Casey Stoner reveals reasons for shock decision to, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification. It has a small part of making the decision easier, but by no means is it the reason why I made this decision. But no, to be honest, this is … difficult to explain… Maybe I am the first one, the young one with a good career ahead of them to retire so early, but at the same time, you know I’ve spoken the truth, always. I think people just need to appreciate what they have in front of them at this time, and I think everybody in this room needs to realize what championship they have before it’s gone.
"After so many years of doing this sport which I love, and which myself and my family made so many sacrifices for, after so many years of trying to get to where we have gotten to at this point, this sport has changed a lot and it has changed to the point where I am not enjoying it.
I think I’ve seen other riders lose their passion for the sport, lose their fun in the sport, and still continue to race. So we decided to finish everything as we are now. It’s not starting again from the beginning, it’s going backwards. Q: Are you satisfied with what you achieved in your career? "There are a lot of things that have disappointed me, and also a lot of things I have loved about this sport, but unfortunately the balance has gone in the wrong direction. Also, that many media reports continue to talk about a mystery illness in 2009 with some people not believing in me or trusting my opinions. However, Stoner had denied there was any substance in those rumours in Estoril, where he told the media: "Everyone seems quite good at stories and making them up. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. This championship and everything that I’ve worked towards to get here, it’s been a huge dream of mine, and then you get here, you race for a few years, and you realize a lot of things, whether it’s people having no faith in you, whether it’s people not believing in your talent, or the changes that have happened to the championship. Casey Stoner, The Advertiser. Yes, V8 is something I’m definitely going to be interested to do in the future, whether I will be fast enough or not is another thing, and that would be, not in the near future, very immediate future. Also the birth of my little girl, Alessandra, has nothing to do with this. 2009 to be honest was a big eye-opener for me. This decision has been a long time coming, I've thought about it since I was forced to take a break with my lactose intolerance illness, which I still have to manage, when I was at Ducati in 2009. Casey stoner seems to be bullied by European fans and media altogether throughout his career. Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines.
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Sorry we couldn't find a match for that, please try again. It’s by no means any part of my decision. People can say all they want about the past, that it started out as very standard machines and basically progressed to prototype machines, and now we’re just taking the opposite step and going backwards. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. When you’re younger, to become multiple times world champion, but when you arrive closer to Grand Prix and arrive in Grand Prix, reality is a little bit more realistic, but I never stopped trying, no matter how much criticism I got for riding the Ducati, and no matter how much criticism I got for crashing, different things like this in the past, you know, this has all helped, to be honest, to arrive at the point where we are today, and helped my decision to be a little easier. There needs to be more high-quality bikes out there so that people like Randy [de Puniet] can be running where he deserves to be, and not so far behind 12th position. Stoner, who has won 35 races in the top class, currently leads this year's championship by a single point from Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo after claiming victories in Spain and Portugal. There’s many many reasons, but it’s basically me losing my passion for the racing and my enjoyment of this sport. So it was wrong information.
The way I see the championship heading, the direction I see it heading, and the fact that in 2009 I really realized what was important, and that’s family, it’s happiness, money isn’t everything, and I think I’m one of the few riders who can actually say they’ve retired when they’ve stopped enjoying it. Q: You had a test in a V8 Supercar recently. You can find our Community Guidelines in full here. The things that have annoyed you a bit recently? Lorenzo has also been linked with a switch from the factory Yamaha squad and the Spaniard is out of contract at the end of the year. This article was originally published on MotoMatters, and is republished here on Asphalt & Rubber with permission by the author. I don’t know, it’s not up to me to say what I’m going to leave to this sport, and maybe I’ll still have some involvement, if I can find the energy to maybe help some young riders, to do something. So there’s no coincidence to this whatsoever. His retirement will also leave a vacancy at Repsol Honda that plenty of riders will be keen to fill.
Stoner served as a test and development rider for Ducati from 2016 to 2018. Are you talking about the CRT, or the control tires? Invalid postcode. I've loved bikes since I was a kid, this is my whole life and if I keep doing it I'm afraid I'm going to lose my passion and not want to go near a bike for the next 10 years, and that would scare me. Photo: © 2012 Scott Jones / Scott Jones Photography – All Rights Reserved. You yourselves, the media, have not exactly been friendly to this championship, and criticizing it many times, especially recently. … This was my dream, to become world champion. One of MotoGP's most respected journalists, David Emmett is the proprietor of the esteemed MotoMatters. I've had a great career and some fantastic races and I feel that even after my first championship in 2007 I had reached my goals. At the press conference at Le Mans, where Casey Stoner made the shock announcement of his retirement, Stoner answered questions from journalists present about his decision to retire … "For me at the moment, I haven't decided what I'm going to be doing, and certainly no one else is going to know what I'm doing.". We’ve had a great career, we’ve had some fantastic races, and I believe that even after my first championship in 2007, already I had reached my goal. Rossi, who confirmed his intention to race on for at least another two years, could prove to be among the more fanciful suggestions for the seat. I didn’t lie to anybody, the information got out, I don’t know how or by who, but I hadn’t even decided by then. The rules are changing too much and moving away from prototypes and going the opposite way, towards production-based bikes.
MAKING my decision to retire from full-time MotoGP racing was a very, very hard thing to do. It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss real-world solutions, and more. And so the fact that nobody has listened to me about that. There’s just no way for them to get anywhere near the factory bikes. "I've said many times in the past that my career's not going to go on much longer, I'm not going to keep going and riding until I'm in my 30s and things like this. Q: You said you are disappointed in things, would you mind elaborating a bit.
Are you sure you want to delete this comment? It would be nice if I could say I would stay one more year, but then where does it stop? Listen to the Latest Paddock Pass Podcasts. So, for many many reasons, but the V8 thing and things like that is nothing to do with it. He finished runner-up to Valentino Rossi a year later before a mystery illness derailed his 2009 campaign. This isn’t a two-standard series. So it’s been a difficult up-and-down road, but it’s been a fantastic one, so I won’t have regrets. The fact that I don’t lie is the same, you know, every rider here says always the same, “When I stop feeling the passion for this sport I will retire,” but I don’t think there’s many riders out there that can say that this is actually the truth. You can find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out MAKING my decision to retire from full-time MotoGP racing was a very, very hard thing to do. Friday MotoGP Summary at the Teruel GP: Honda Up, Ducati Down, Or Is It Just Really Hard To Tell? I'm happy with the career I've had, the wins and battles along the way. Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. We are very grateful to republish David's work here on A&R...though dread the day we ever again get in a car with him.
I'm interested to do some car racing in the future and whether I'm fast enough is another question, but it won't be in the near future. You can find his original statement in this story, but below is a transcript of what Stoner told journalists when they were given a chance to question the Australian about his retirement. "I don't have the passion for it and so at this time it's better if I retire now. And people don’t realize that everyone is bringing it down themselves, they are saying that the racing is boring, this is boring, that’s boring, and if you go back some years ago, you’ll find the same amount of races that were either close or not.
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