Casey Stoner: My Championship Is Finished, But I Want To Come Back As Soon As I Can

After the announcement that Casey Stoner would be flying back to Australia for surgery on his injured ankle, effectively ruling him out of contention for the 2012 MotoGP title, the Repsol Honda team organized a press conference to give Stoner the opportunity to explain his decision. The decision had not been an easy one, as Stoner had initially been intending to race at Brno, but a phone call from his doctors in Australia convinced him it would be too dangerous, as a crash could see him suffer permanent damage. It would be better to return to Australia, have surgery, and try to be fit enough to race again later in the year, with the goal being to return before Phillip Island to be as competitive as possible there.

"The plan at this stage is to get back to Australia as soon as possible," Stoner said. "because, after travelling, we have to wait for the inflammation to go down before we can have surgery. We've already got everything lined up, hopefully for early next week if the inflammation has come down enough. We're going to get surgery as soon as possible and get on the road to recovery and see how quickly we can be back."

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