[Ducati] A HYPERMOTARD FOR CASEY

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A HYPERMOTARD FOR CASEY
 
Monday, October 15th, in Melbourne, Casey Stoner officially inaugurated  “
Ducati City”, the new Ducati Store in Melbourne, in the presence of 150  
passionate Australian Ducatisti. The young World Champion played a part in the  
splendid double win that granted Ducati, two races in advance, the Constructor  and 
Team titles, at Phillip Island on Sunday, along with Loris Capirossi. On top  
of that, he turns 22 today, October 16th and received a flaming Hypermotard 
(you  can see it at 
_http://www.ducati.com/en/bikes/my2007/FamilyPage.jhtml?family=Hypermotard_ 
(http://www.ducati.com/en/bikes/my2007/FamilyPage.jhtml?family=Hypermotard) )  as a surprise gift - something both appreciated by Casey and 
something that he  has wanted for some time.
“Thanks so much to Ducati; I really appreciate this  surprise gift even if 
you all make me become redder than the bike”, he said, shy  but clearly happy 
after the traditional “Happy Birthday, Casey” that welcomed  the entrance of 
the cake. “Sunday was an incredible day for me with everyone  under the podium 
singing the Australian national anthem”, he said. “But in  retrospect, this 
season was perfect. After Qatar, I thought, ‘wow, we won a  race’, in the 
middle of the season, I thought, ‘wow, we can win the title’ and  yesterday, ‘wow, 
we won my home GP!’ “
At the question if, for next year, he  would keep number 27 or if he would 
move to 1, the public is divided over who  prefers the first proposal and who 
prefers the second. “I am very attached to  27,” responded Casey, “because that 
is the number that I got when I was racing  with the team of Alberto Puig, a 
person that I highly regard and that helped me  in the beginning of my career 
in Europe. However, I also think of all of the  people that have worked so 
hard, just like my team, Ducati and I have done to  obtain this result, deserving 
number 1. I haven’t made a definite decision yet,  but I am leaning more 
towards number 1”.
Casey will spend his birthday on a  plane flying to Malaysia where, next 
Sunday, the 17th race of the season will  take place before returning to Europe 
for the closing of the wonderful 2007  season in Valencia, Spain on November 4th.




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