Repsol Honda's Casey Stoner is hoping the fast and flowing nature of Sepang will cause him less problems with the ankle he badly damaged at Indianapolis than he experienced at the Motegi MotoGP round.

The stop-nature of the Japanese track meant Stoner was forced to compensate the lack of strength and movement in his ankle by using his arms and upper-body to make his RC213V change direction and help prevent time-sapping wheelies.

“After a disappointing race in Japan, I'm looking forward to going to Malaysia; it's a track where I've had success in the past. However, this weekend marks the anniversary of Marco's [Simoncelli] death, so I'm sure it will be a strange feeling when we all get on track," said Stoner.

"It's going to be a hot weekend and it's a physically demanding circuit. My ankle isn't feeling very good after the race in Japan, so I'll be resting it as much as possible this week before going on track on Friday. The track is a little smoother and more flowing, so hopefully I won't have so many issues as I had in Japan.”

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