Marlboro Ducati's Casey Stoner reckons he isn't happy with his performance in the opening MotoGP free practice despite finishing second behind Valentino Rossi and says he is worried about the weather.
Stoner, who is looking for this third successive win at his home circuit, reckons that track conditions weren't good and he was struggling for grip on his Demsosedici GP9.
"I’m not that happy with today’s session to be honest. The track conditions weren’t good at all and we struggled for traction, which is usually a strong point of our bike. We tried a few different settings, one of which gave us better rear grip but compensated in turning, which was otherwise really good," said Stoner.
"The front end was quite consistent throughout so it’s just a case of working on the rear tomorrow and hoping that the track conditions improve so that we can find where the limits are. The weather is always a worry here and there was a point in the session this afternoon where it began to spot with rain just as I was heading into turn one and I came back in.
"I probably had my best setting at that point so the lap time could have been better but I think it has been a difficult day for everybody so we’re not too concerned.”
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