Could it be down to stress? Maybe. The pressure's­ certainly on him as an ex world champion who's not­ winning any more. Plus, he's Ducati's star so­ they'll be piling the pressure on him to get­ results too.
Add all that to the fact that the bike­ he's got is clearly a nightmare to ride and seems­ to take a lot more physical effort than the others in­ the field, it's no wonder he's running out of­ steam before the end of the race, and looks half dead­ afterwards.
Rossi is the king of mind games too­ don't forget, we've seen him crack biaggi and­ Gibernau in the last few years. Has he finally cracked­ Stoner too?

Casey's only sin, on this site anyway, is that he­ is Australian. Though to some that is a blessing. In­ the end even Barry Sheen moved to the Gold Coast and­ took Australian Citizanship. Says a lot! Stick to the­ second tier WSB you lot! That's were our second­ rate riders play. Oh, I forgot, we win there more often­ than the poms too!

Casey Stoner shoves beetroot up his bottom

Aahh I wondered when he was going to play the bad wrist­ card again. As I see it, he is pig sick because his­ bike is now only 5mph faster than everyone else and­ can't gain the half a second a lap down the main­ straight that he has been able to gain in the past.­ STOP MOANING

Yeah, motorcycle racers are a different bread. Super­ fit, Super focused and most importantly have attitudes­ and personalities. Something vacant from most F1 stars­ of late. You'll never see a motorcycle racer crying­ behind a bush! haha I remember Mika Hakkinen doing that­ though. You don't hear bike racers spitting at each­ other in the press either, saying things about the­ colors on a rivals car! Don't get me wrong. I love­ F1 and all forms of motorsport. But that guys comment­ was purely there to put bike racers down. It was a­ clown remarks! Stoner is probably suffering with a lack­ of fitness for another reason, changes to rules EGK­ mentioned, could be a cause. But most likely he's­ got an illness of some sort.

Whyd it come out twice though! haha

Correct on both accounts EGK. Keep it up buddy....

wguy123....Motorcyclist don't hide behind a bush to­ cry! Motorcycle racers ride with broken ankles,­ dislocated collar bones, broken ribs and worse....I­ don't know why you would make such a pointless­ comment as:
"Just watched an old documentary on­ Sky about Barrie­ Sheene,in the late seventies he had­ much the same­ symptoms,does this only effect­ motorcyclists?"
Also, Barry Sheene was a true hero­ of motorsport. He defied the odds to ride again. I can­ think of only Johnny Herbert in F1 that has gone­ through anything near similar. I have no doubt that car­ racing is difficult, but it does not compare to bike­ racing for physical exersion. Also, did you realise­ that when Valentino Rossi brakes from over 200mph to­ 60mph there is over 5g's on his arms? Motorcycle­ racers are a bread apart from any other person in­ motorsport...

wguy123....Motorcyclist don't hide behind a bush to­ cry! Motorcycle racers ride with broken ankles,­ dislocated collar bones, broken ribs and worse....I­ don't know why you would make such a pointless­ comment as:
"Just watched an old documentary on­ Sky about Barrie­ Sheene,in the late seventies he had­ much the same­ symptoms,does this only effect­ motorcyclists?"
Also, Barry Sheene was a true hero­ of motorsport. He defied the odds to ride again. I can­ think of only Johnny Herbert in F1 that has gone­ through anything near similar. I have no doubt that car­ racing is difficult, but it does not complare to bike­ racing for physical exersion. Also, did you realise­ that when Valentino Rossi brakes from over 200mph to­ 60mph there is over 5g's on his arms? Motorcycle­ racers are a bread apart from any other person in­ motorsport...

Fitness plays an important roll in any form of physical­ sport. Stoner's lack of fitness lately has surely­ cost him chances to take victory. Although, Stoner like­ to lead away at the front rather than fight it out in­ close contension. Either way, Stoner has looked less­ like himself and a man clearly suffering from an­ illness. For anyone to say it's made up is a lack­ of understanding and clear cut bias. It may well be­ psychological, but as I am not a doctor and no one else­ on here is, how can we judge it properly? Last season­ when we had qualifying tyres, Stoner would also do the­ fewest laps of any rider and gain pole, or front row in­ the process. In free practice he would average just 20­ laps and Qualifying just 12 laps. Now, with the new­ regulations and practice times, Stoner has to stay out­ longer and do more in less time. So, maybe it's­ just simply that he is not as fit as some of the other­ riders.

The main impression I got from the TV shots in America,­ was not one of illness but a man looking very­ frightened! Has the nerve gone, has he got the­ equivelant of a dog going gun shy?

glandular fever/mononucleuosis, sound a lot like the­ same symptons. would definiltely explaain tiredness,­ unfortunately it normallly takes up to a year to fully­ recover from.

I think too that Jason E says it all clearly. I­ couldn't agree more...

Like Jason E said. It is pretty clear Stoner has a real­ illness.

Glandular fever, a common disease, is caused­ by the Epstein-Barr virus.
I wonder what the symptoms­ are?

he need help with them jug ears.

Oh dear some of the comments here are ludicrous. ­ Nothing wrong with Stoner and he's just winging­ because he's being beaten? I highly doubt it. It­ all started in Catalunya where he put in the fastest­ lap and he was with Lorenzo and Rossi for about half­ the race then dramatically dropped back, his lap times­ just dropped, there was something clearly wrong. Then­ at Assen the same thing happened he was up with the­ leaders then he dropped back and he couldn't do­ anything and the same was evident at Laguna Seca. ­ Although he's just winging because obviously him­ dropping 2 seconds a lap on his own earlier laps is­ just him being "no good". Remember at­ Catalunya they were equal on 106 points so he hardly­ pretended to have this mystery illness as he had no­ chance of the title. Some people may well be eating­ their words when he's back to full fitness, he­ clearly has the pace to keep up with Rossi, Lorenzo and­ now Pedrosa. Rossi has hardly broken Stoner, Stoner­ beat Rossi once for the title and Rossi beat Stoner for­ the title once. If anything they're equals at the­ moment. Although some Rossi fans on here seem to be­ highly pejorative.

Also, what's wrong with not­ liking losing? I'd rather have someone like that­ than somebody who just says "oh well off to the­ next race". That pain should hit anybody who­ loses or doesn't reach their goals, Stoner's­ goal is to win every race and rightly so. If you­ don't feel disappointed you shouldn't be in the­ sport. I praise him for his tenacity and grit,­ they're good traits to have. People just­ don't like being told how it is, if he has an­ illness he'll tell us, if there's something­ wrong with the bike he'll tell us, better than­ masking it or not saying anything at all.

Stoner problem is he cant stand losing,asfore the­ health issues its all in his head,you can see this when­ someone does something he dosnt like,the DUMMY gets­ spat out,like with the sete incident,come on casey you­ are a good rider but take defeat and learn from it,look­ how well jorge lorenzo takes it when hes been beaten,he­ is the next future chapion, after the DOCTOR has­ retired.

just aske the Doctor(Rossi) he will make a prescription­ for ya, Dont be shy go ahead and dot it.

Poor little casey Stoner =)))))) After just 4 years in­ MotoGP he is fatigue??????? Give me a brake..........­ he is just angry that he doesn't win­ anymore......Because ROSSi is the GREATEST MotoGP rider­ ever :D