Stoner's Out

Casey Stoner has been suffering physically since Catalunya, apparently the result of a virus that has his doctors concerned. He will be sitting out the next three races while they try and figure out, and hopefully resolve, what's going on. Casey will be replaced by Mika Kallio. So, the only rider with any hope of catching Rossi is teammate Lorenzo. On Saturday, August 1st, Randy de Puniet broke his left ankle during motocross cross-training, had it screwed back together and apparently will be racing this coming weekend in Brno. Ouch.