Reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo is confident that Casey Stoner will race as a wildcard for Ducati in a few Grands Prix next season. Stoner, who won the MotoGP title in 2007 and 2011, has not raced since he retired from the sport in 2012, but the 30-year-old joined Ducati as one of their test and development riders in November. While it has been three years since Stoner has competed in a MotoGP event, Lorenzo remains convinced that the Australian will make a comeback in 2016. “Surely he will be encouraged to run as a wildcard in some races; I think that is their intention,” Lorenzo told MotoGP.com. “I thought last year he would be out in a race, but at the end, due to...
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