Casey Stoner’s third place finish at the 2007 Grand Prix de France is still his solitary podium finish in any class of racing at Le Mans circuit and at last years race he finished 16th.

The 2008 Grand Prix was a highly complicated one for the Australian and was the first non scoring ride with Ducati, after Casey's bike slowed with mechanical problems and he came in to change to his second machine, on different tyres, as the race had been declared ‘wet’.

Casey Stoner will hope for a more straightforward race this time around on Sunday and now having boosted his confidence with his maiden Jerez podium in round three, Stoner is confident of rising to the French challenge at round four.

Casey Stoner had this to say “We’re on the back of two races that have really put us to the test but we’ve come out of them with decent results,” Casey is second in the standings on 54 points. “Both Motegi and Jerez have characteristics that give us a few problems, especially the tight corners where our bike isn’t as reactive as usual.”

“Even Le Mans is like that in a couple of places, it is not a fast and flowing track – on the contrary, it’s the classic stop and go layout that requires good braking, although you can take some nice, fun and fast lines on the way out of the turns. We’ll see what we’re capable of when we get there and how many points we’re able to bring home.”

Looking to the future the Ducati star also went on to say “It is going to be a long, open season. We’ve seen that with three winners and three championship leaders from the first three races and the fact that there are four of us within just a few points at the top. There is no point making predictions, the important thing is to continue working well and make sure we pick up as many points as possible in these races where we know it will be tough to come away with the ideal result.”

We look forwad to the race at Le Mans in France.