Can Casey Stoner and Repsol Honda solve their chatter problem at Silverstone?

Australian Casey Stoner will enter this weekend’s Silverstone round of the MotoGP World Championship with a Repsol Honda RC213V that’s less than perfect, according to his pre-race preview.

Stoner tested Bridgestone’s new tyre on the Monday test day after the Catalunya race, but remains plagued by chatter heading into the British GP.

“The Monday test in Catalunya was a positive step for us, but we’re still far from perfect,” he explained. “We definitely made some progress with reducing the chatter but we will have to wait until we get on track on Friday to see if what we found also works at Silverstone.

“Again, we’ll be hoping for dry weather so we can maximise every minute of track time to prepare for Sunday’s race.”

Last year, Stoner won at Silverstone in one of the most difficult races of the year, held in wet conditions. A track he experienced before his GP career, he’s looking forward to the weekend’s race.

“I’m definitely looking forward to going to Silverstone, it’s a track that I really do enjoy,” Stoner said. “I wish that we still went through the old part of the track, unfortunately we don’t go through there now and the new section is very, very tight.

“The rest of the track is fantastic though, it’s fast and makes the heart beat very quick!”

Stoner’s 2:02.02 lap that set pole position in 2011 remains as the fastest lap recorded at Silverstone.

Practice for this weekend’s grand prix round will commence later on this evening.