Casey Stoner believes he would have been quick enough to run with the leaders had Honda chosen him to stand in for a sidelined Dani Pedrosa last year. The two-time MotoGP champion had offered to stand in for former teammate Pedrosa at Austin, after the Spaniard was forced to miss the race recovering from an arm operation. But the Japanese manufacturer instead opted to use HRC test rider Hiroshi Aoyama, who finished 11th in Texas before retiring from the next two races. Stoner, who has now returned to Ducati as a test rider, said his testing pace suggested he could have fought with the frontrunners had he been given the chance to race by Honda. "I felt ready for Austin, but Nakamoto...
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