Friday at the Suzuka 8 Hours saw retired double MotoGP champion Casey Stoner take part in his first two-wheel qualifying sessions since Valencia 2012. The Australia showed few signs of cobwebs as he went straight to the top of his opening session, then claimed second place behind Kawasaki's Kazuki Watanabe in Q2. Stoner - the star signing for the factory Musashi RT Harc-Pro Honda team, as it seeks to win a third Suzuka 8 Hours in a row - finished the day as one of four competitors to break the 2m 7s barrier and was the fastest CBR1000RR rider on combined times. "Our machine setting is heading toward a good direction so overall it was a very good day for us,” Stoner said. “We...
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