Marlboro Ducati's Casey Stoner isn't too bothered by his injured wrist and says it has improved over the past week as he heads for the Motegi MotoGP round in Japan.

The outgoing MotoGP champion won his title at the track last year so has fond memories of the place, but also thinks it is much better suited to cars than MotoGP bikes.

The best memory is of last year with the title victory but as always I prefer to look to the future rather than reflect on the past," said Stoner.

"The track has always given me the impression that it is more suited to cars than bikes because it is full of hard braking and acceleration zones and there aren't many flowing sections. Anyway, it is a fun track and I think it can be good for our bike and tyres.

"The wrist hasn't given me great problems over the last week and seems to be improving on the last couple of weeks so I can't wait to get back on the bike and try to get a better result than we've managed lately."