It will be difficult to return to racing this weekend after Marco's terrible accident in Sepang but I think it is the best thing we can do to honour him,” says World Champ Casey Stoner. We know we all play a risky game and, even if compared to the past the safety of our sport is much better, unfortunately these kind of events still occur. We will go out there this weekend and try to put on a good show for all the fans and especially in memory of Marco.

Your ambition outweighed your talent

Everyone seems quite good at stories and making them up.

I'm not always going to keep waiting for a fairytale ending.

I think I dont really have any expectations; I dont look at the season as a whole - I look at it race by race.

People can be great competitors on Sunday and mates on Monday.

I have broken my collarbone twice in a year.