Retired double MotoGP champion Casey Stoner put the Musashi Honda team third on the grid for Sunday's Suzuka 8 Hours, the Australian's first motorcycle race since 2012. The 29-year-old is making his Suzuka debut alongside Michael van der Mark and Takumi Takahashi, winners for the past two years at the factory Musashi RT Harc-Pro squad. But it is event rookie Stoner who has led the CBR1000RR challenge this weekend, clocking a close fourth best lap time in both Friday qualifying (+0.307s) and then Saturday's Superpole session (+0.335s). That put his team third on the grid, behind the Yamaha Factory Racing and Team Green Kawasaki teams. The single-lap Superpole format was another brand new...
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