US MotoGP: Crash was my fault admits Casey Stoner

Aussie Casey Stoner conceded the big Laguna Seca qualifying crash that left him with shoulder and groin injuries was his own fault.
The 23-year-old crashed at the third corner just moments after title rival Jorge Lorenzo had suffered the same fate at Turn 10.
Both crashes were identical, Stoner and Lorenzo both admitting they crucially let the right-side of their Bridgestone rear tyre lose too much temperature as they looked to get in a flying lap.
Stoner, who had to settle for third place on the grid with a best time of 1.21.910, said: “The crash though was my fault. I got held up on my lap a bit similar to Jorge and my tyres weren’t heated up enough. It’s a long entry so I thought I’d wait until I was in the middle of the corner but I hadn’t even got on the gas and the back end came round and it was game over. We knew those tyres take a little bit of time to warm-up, especially on the right side and it caught me a little bit by surprise. To be honest the bike had given us a few warnings in a lot of places around the circuit today and I’m sure there were a lot of other guys in a similar situation. The tyre is quite hard on the right-hand side and needs a couple of laps to warm up properly. I was wary that the tyre would be cooler and I tried to pick the bike up and go straight into the gravel but it didn’t want to and that was it – it threw me straight up in the air! It hurt when I landed but I thought I’d only winded myself – now it looks like I might have torn something in my groin. I’ve got a couple of strains here and there and I got away with it and I’m very lucky and I’ll give it a heck of a try tomorrow.”
Stoner denied the big crash had only added to his current problems, with the 2007 world champion suffering from severe fatigue. He’s also being troubled by an arm pump problem in California and he added: “My physio has worked a lot with my arms from this morning to the afternoon. I’m still getting tired very quickly but my arms were pumping a lot this weekend and I’ve never had that in road racing. It took a lot longer for them to pump up this afternoon and that’s a very good sign for the race but we didn’t expect this setback. But I feel better than the last two weeks going into tomorrow and maybe even with this crash I’m still feeling better than the last two races.