Casey Stoner reveals unexpected key person behind his early career

Casey Stoner has 𒁃revealed one person from his early racing career who su💙pported him when “no one else wanted to”.

Casey Stoner, 2002 250cc French Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Casey Stoner, 2002 250cc French Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Casey Stoner has identified a person crucial to 𓄧the beginning of his racing career in Europe.

Stoner moved to Europe from Australia to race his way into the World Championship at th☂e turn of the century, when he began racing on closed short circuits in the UK and Spain.

He moved to the World Championship in 2002 in the 250cc class, then dropped to the 125cc class for 2003 and 2004, picking up two wins, bef𒁏ore graduating back to 250s in 2005.

It was during these early years in the World Championship that Stoner says he was particularly reliant on the support of Alberto Vergani, who began w💮orking at the Italian helm🌼et company Nolan in the 1980s and later went on to become president of the brand.

“In the beginning it was an amazing step♊ from Alberto Vergani with Nolan,” Stoner said, during his tr🌸ip to Italy last November, where he visited Valentino Rossi’s VR46 Motor Ranch and the EICMA show in Milan.

“He was able to sponsor me when no one else wanted to support me, and I think without his support it would’ve been very difficult or almost impossible for me to arrive in the ♚World Championship.

“We didn’t have enough budget just to travel between the rac𓄧es, and so his support helped us to survive for the year and this is what paved the w💝ay for me to slowly improve in my career.”

Stoner, of course, would move on from the 250cc class only one year after he stepped up from the 125cc World Championship, taking a ride with Lucio Cecchinello’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:LCR Honda team in MotoGP for 2006. Performances there would earn him a seat at Ducati for 2007, a year in which he won his first world tꦜitle.

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