MotoGP - Japan Grand Prix Race Winner 12BET 9/30 9:10AM GMT+8

Casey Stoner took another significant step towards his second MotoGP world title after easing to a crushing victory at Sunday's Aragon Grand Prix in SpainThe Repsol Honda rider was the class act in practice and qualifying, and backed up that pace as he finished over eight seconds clear of his team-mate Dani Pedrosa to register an eighth win in 14 races this season.The Australian, whose first championship came with Ducati in 2007, now leads the riders' standings by 44 points from Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo with four rounds remaining.
Stoner failed to make the most of his pole-position start off the line, out-dragged first by Pedrosa and then by Ben Spies as the Yamaha man took the lead into the first corner.

But Stoner was not to be denied, and overhauled Pedrosa and Spies by the end of the opening tour en route to a victory by a commanding margin. "We're pretty much back to our best," Stoner told BBC Sport. "It felt good all weekend. The bike has been fantastic and the only problem was the wind – it was changing direction and speed every lap so that was a challenge, but I just had to bring it home. It was my race to lose today and I did the job."

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