Ducati have moved quickly to extend the contract of Australian MotoGP rider Casey Stoner.
The Italian team has stiched him up for 2008 and opened discussions on keeping him until at least 2010.
Stoner’s immediate future was put in place after he won last Sunday’s Catalunya GP in Barcelona, his fourth win out seven races this season.
“We plan for Casey to be with Ducati in 2008, ‘’ said team boss Livio Suppo, after exercising an option on Stoner well in advance of a September deadline.
Stoner, 21, has never hidden his love affair with Ducati, and has rocketed to the head of the world championship standings.
“I don’t want to go anywhere else or have any confusion about my future, ‘’ Stoner said.
And by the end of this season Stoner could have a new and lucrative long-term deal in place with Ducati.
Stoner’s father and business manager, Colin Stoner, was in Barcelona for his son’s latest victory over MotoGP’s resident superstar, Valentino Rossi.
“Casey has renewed with Ducati for 2008 and we are already talking about the future and I envisage that by the end of this season we will have something concrete for 2009 and 2010, ‘’ said Stoner Sr.
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