gotta love aussie press

Look at the headline.
Then his time,
Then look at the last paragraph...

No headline that Edwards beat Stoners time.
Gotta love the one eyed aussie press.










Stoner breaks Phillip Island record
January 31, 2008 - 3:45PM

After breaking the Phillip Island lap record, World MotoGP champion
Casey Stoner this week laid down the gauntlet in his bid for
back-to-back crowns this year.

Stoner's opening test session at the Island produced a super quick
time and gave him an immediate psychological edge over his rivals.

And the Young Australian of the Year reported that the shoulder he
injured in Spain last November was continuing to heal rapidly.

Rain today hampered all riders at the track but conditions are set to
improve for tomorrow's final session.

Stoner reeled off a string of laps in the 1 minute 30 second bracket
with a best time of 1:30.178 - slashing two-tenths of a second from
the track record set by Stoner's Ducati teammate Marco Melandri, when
he rode for Honda in 2005.

After the recent successful test at Sepang in Malaysia, Stoner said
his optimism continued to build ahead of the season start at Qatar on
March 9.

"Everything went really well ... the feeling with the bike was perfect
almost straight away," Stoner said.

"The new Bridgestones, which had already given us positive feedback at
Sepang, also worked perfectly here at Phillip Island.

"One of them in particular improves the bike a lot in the exit of the
corners, especially in the final section of the track."

Stoner indicated that he still had plenty of time in reserve despite
dipping under the circuit record.

"We've also taken a step forward with some small changes to the front
which have made the bike more stable and improved grip to the point
where my best time came without pushing, on a tyre that already had 17
laps on it," he said.

"I'm also really happy with the latest specs of the engine and the way
it is responding under acceleration coming out of the corners."

Stoner admitted feeling some pain in his shoulder but did not think it
hampered his test performance.

"Towards the end of the day my shoulder was a little sore because this
is such a physical track with a lot of fast corners but it is still
better than it was in Malaysia," he said.

American Yamaha rider Colin Edwards set a time of 1:29.566s but
admitted he had been using one-lap qualifying tyres while Stoner used
race rubber throughout the day.