Marlboro Ducati's Casey Stoner look set to finish the season with the wrist injury that began to dog him at the Misano MotoGP round and his team hope it wont hamper him too much at Indianapolis.

Stoner broke the scaphoid bone in his wrist some five years ago and a recent CAT scan has revealed it never completely healed. He aggravated it in Italy when putting on his leathers, before crashing and handing the title to Valentino Rossi.

"I'm going to try to enjoy riding it over the final few races, which all take place at circuits I like a lot. I also have to think about the scaphoid that we thought had healed back in 2003 but is still giving me problems. For the time being I have to deal with it but we're talking to the doctors about what to do with it in the future," said the Aussie.

Ducati team boss Livio Suppo added: "We're hoping that the problems he had with his wrist at Misano don't prevent him from riding at his maximum this weekend. Casey underwent a CAT scan last week, which showed that the scaphoid he fractured and had operated on back in 2003 has never completely healed. With the support of a pool of doctors over the next few weeks, Casey will decide if another operation is going to be necessary."