Stoner moves to Ducati

Casey Stoner will move from LCR Honda to join the factory Ducati MotoGP squad for 2007.

News emerged following the Estoril round of the championship that Stoner had signed for the Italian firm a day before his 21st birthday, with Carlos Checa stepping into his place at the LCR Honda team.

See full reactions to Estoril in MCN, October 18, 2006.

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There is no news yet on the future of Sete Gibernau, who was ironically taken out of the race on Sunday by Stoner, breaking his right hand and aggravating a shoulder injury.

Read more on Stoner’s reaction and the full reaction of Nicky Hayden and Dani Pedrosa to the crash that may lose Hayden and Honda the 2007 GP title in MCN, out October 18, 2006. And in next week’s MCN, see the ‘Who goes where in 2007?’ special.