On the first day of testing after the Valencia MotoGP round, all eyes were on two newcomers: Valentino Rossi on the Ducati and Casey Stoner on the Honda. Yamaha had not allowed Valentino Rossi from talking to the press at the tests, so the media crowded in to the Repsol Honda hospitality to hear what Casey Stoner had to say. Everyone was particularly eager to hear from the Australian, as he had been the second fastest rider on his very first outing on the Honda RC212V, and had looked immensely smooth.
Naturally, Stoner was also bombarded by questions relating to the Ducati, questions that Stoner had said before the tests started that he would refuse to answer, "out of respect for Ducati" as he had phrased it. It didn't stop journalists from asking, but Stoner dealt with them remarkably deftly. As a result, there are one or two places in the transcript where it looks like Stoner is avoiding the question, which he is doing to avoid comparison with the Ducati. The fault, though, lies with the journalists who are asking the questions, rather than the rider answering them.
Here's what Casey Stoner had to say on Tuesday evening:
Q: Your first impression of the bike, of today?
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