Casey Stoner

By mattyhasjim

  • Casey Stoner born

    Born in Kurri Kurri, NSW Australia.

  • First race

    Casey Stoner had his first race was when he was four years old, in an under-nine years old race at the Mike Hatcher's dirt racing track on the Gold Coast of Australia.

  • Won his first 125cc championship

    English 125cc Aprila Championship

  • First official road race, England

    The legal age to enter into road races in Australia is 16. At the age of 14 years, Stoner and his parents agreed he was ready to move up onto road racing so they packed up and moved to England – where the legal age for road racing is 14.

  • Moved to 250cc Championships

  • Casey moves back to the 125cc category.

    In 2003 Stoner moved to the 125cc GP category, finishing 8th in the championship.

  • Joins Red Bull KTM team

    In 2004 Stoner joined the Red Bull KTM factory team in 125cc class and continued to improve.

  • Casey rejoins the 250cc World Championship.

    In 2005 he rejoined the 250cc world championship class.

  • Moves into MotoGP category

    Casey stoner moved from the 250cc World Championship (Moto2) to the MotoGP, and finished 8th overall.

  • Stoner is World Champion for the first time.

    Stoner secured a ride with the factory Ducati team for the 2007 season, joining Loris Capirossi on the new 800cc Ducati Desmosedici GP7. 6 poles and 10 race wins (including three of the first four), took him to his first GP title, by a margin of 125 points (equivalent to five victories) over Dani Pedrosa, which he built during the second half of the season. His worst finish was a 6th place at Motegi, which was all he needed to clinch the title that day.

  • Stoner wins his 2nd World Championship

    Stoner won the World Championship for the second time at his home round at Phillip Island, Australia. On his 26th birthday, Stoner won his ninth race of the season from his eleventh pole, and with his only challenger Jorge Lorenzo ruled out of the race due to a hand injury suffered in warm-up, Stoner finished the weekend with an unassailable 65-point lead. His victory in the Australian MotoGP was his fifth in succession in his home race dating back to 2007.

  • Casey retires from Motor racing at the end of 2012

    On 17 May 2012, during the pre-event press conference at the French Grand Prix, Stoner announced that he would retire from MotoGP at the end of the 2012 season. Stoner stated that he was no longer enjoying competing in the series, which was one of the contributing factors to his retirement.