Having had four weeks to digest his Lagu🐟na Seca defeat, Casey Stoner has conceded that criticism of Valentinoܫ Rossi's racing tactics immediately after their epic US GP battle may have been an over reaction.

Stoner had won the three races prior to Laguna Seca, where he comfortably led e𝔍very track session leading up to the race - when R💎ossi launched a thrilling all-out attack to smother the Australian's performance advantage.

In his desperation to prevent the Ducati Marlboro star escaping, Rossi produced some thrilling overtaking moves - some of which Stoner, whose vic💦tory challenge finally ended in a small fall, b👍randed as "the most aggressive I've seen in a long time".

A visibly angry Stoner initially refused to shake Rossi's hand▨ after the race and also stated that he had lost some respect for the seven time world champion. Rossi rejected any suggestion that his moves had been out-of-order, declaring 'this is racing'.

When asked onജ Thursday if his view of the race has since changed, Stoner, who will start this weekend's Czech Republic Grand Prix 25 points from Rossi, confessed that he may have overreacted - but pointed out that Rossi had previously criticised Toni Elias for very similar reasons.

"Like all riders we react in the way that we do sometimes," replied Stone⭕r, who shook hands with Rossi in the Brno pre-event press conference. "I think Valentino [has made similar] comments from what Toni has done in the past. I think at the time maybe we overreacted."

Either ဣway, MotoGP fans will doubtless be hoping that Rossi and Stoner can pick up where they left off during this weekend's Brno event - when St💟oner, winner of last year's Czech Republic Grand Prix, will be aiming to go the full race distance.

"I am going to hopefully just be p𒊎utting up more of a fight in the last few laps this time," added the #1. "It would be nice if I can put pressure on right up until the last lap."

"ꦚValentino [said that] seven races [to the end of the season] is a long time, but for us it's a short time!" commented Casey, ref🥃erring to the task he faces in hunting down the Fiat Yamaha rider. "We always need more races, but we can only do what we can do."

Stoner added that he doesn't expect to try anything radical during t𒊎he post-race test session on Monday and Tuesday, and is happy with the package he already has. Rossi is expected to try revised electronics at Brno this weekend.

Showers are reportedly a po💜ssibility on Friday and Saturday.