“Casey Stoner is the greatest talent I have ever seen in my life, a genius like Beethoven in music”

Casey Stoner He competed for 12 seasons in the Motorcycle World Championship. The Australian He debuted in 2001 as a 125cc rider and ended his racing career in 2012 with two MotoGP world champion titles (2007 and 2011).45 victories (38 in the premier class, five in 250cc and two in 125cc), 89 podiums, 39 pole positions and 33 fastest laps in the race.

Across his seven MotoGP campaigns, the ’27’ He rode a Ducati for four years (from 2007 to 2010) and a Honda in two different stages (2006 and from 2011 to 2012). In both factories, Stoner became world champion.

Cristian Gabarrinipresent The chief mechanic of Pecco Bagnaia with the official Ducati team, he also worked throughout his career Casey Stoner, Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Márquez. In a recent interview for ‘Moto.it’, Gabarrini explained that “tired of motocross, I sent my resume and I entered the World Cup in 2002. The first two years I worked on 125cc as data analyst and other aspects with Lucio Cecchinello and Casey Stoner. Then I became telemetric by Mattia Pasini. At the end of 2004, I entered the Ducati D’Antin team. In 2007 I was asked to be the Stoner’s technical boss in MotoGP and we won the world championship. I followed him to HRC. I went in 2013 support engineer in Marc Márquez’s team and, in 2017, I returned to Ducati to direct Jorge Lorenzo. Since 2019 I have been with Pecco Bagnaia.”

Gabarrini, about the four MotoGP world champions, said that “Stoner is the greatest talent I have ever seen, a genius like Beethoven in music.. With him, I understand what a genius in his field is. Marc Márquez is closest to Casey in approach and driving style. I put Jorge Lorenzo and Pecco Bagnaia in a different position; They are very similar in terms of the bike and what they need to go fast. “These four pilots reached the same result, following two or three different paths.”