Marlboro Ducat's Casey Stoner reckons his Phillip Island MotoGP win today is the most special of his career and said he cannot remember feeling physically stronger after a race than he did today.

Stoner managed to hold of Fiat Yamaha's Valentino Rossi for the whole of the 27-lap encounter and eventually crossed the line nearly two seconds in front of the World Champion elect

"I’d forgotten how good that winning feeling is and of all my victories this is perhaps the most special. I can honestly say that from a physical perspective I can’t ever remember feeling this strong after a race, which shows that the work we have done and the time we took out has been spot on," said Stoner.

"I got a good start and was able to put together the lap times to keep us at the front but quite honestly I felt I could have gone even faster if we’d have been able to find a little more rear traction over the course of the weekend.

"Anyway, I can’t complain because the work the guys have done on the bike during the season has been phenomenal, from the swingarm to the new fairing… they just haven’t stopped trying to make it better even when I wasn’t around.

"Now my aim is to help them as much as I can over the last two races and give Filippo (Preziosi) as much useful data as I can so that he can work his magic and improve the bike even more for next year.”
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