Injured Marlboro Ducati man Casey Stoner had said he couldn't fully open the throttle on his desmodedici during today's Sepang MotoGP round as he had no feeling from his broken left hand.
Because the Aussie couldn't use his left hand to change direction on the bike, everything came onto his right hand which cramped up, meaning he couldn't wind the twistgrip right round.
"I had no feeling whatsoever from my injured hand today, it just wasn't working. It meant I had to put all the pressure on to my right hand and in such physically demanding conditions it was really difficult," said Stoner.
"It started cramping up and I couldn't even get the throttle fully open down the straights. To be honest I don't think we quite found a perfect set-up this weekend but I can't complain about that because I wasn't able to push the bike to the limit today.
"It's been a tough weekend and we have another one coming up at Valencia, which we will push hard to get through with as good a result as possible before finally looking ahead to the operation. At least we have the runner-up spot already in the bag, which is an achievement I think myself and the whole team can look back on and be very proud of."
