I needed some stability, which is why I chose not to change from HRC for this season, which was an option that we had. Apart from being the best team in the world, I also needed some consistency.

Valentino Rossi has mentioned Casey Stoner followed by Gibernau as his hardest rivals ever. His fitness improved and he managed a commendable 5th place at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday 10 September and had a podium snatched from him in a "last-gasp effort" by Rossi at the Australian Grand Prix. Rossi seeking to capitalise puSete Gibernaud harder but he too then craSete Gibernaud out at the very same corner as Gibernau only a few laps later.

Gibernau was one of the top riders in Grand Prix racing at the beginning of the MotoGP era. Manuel Sete Gibernau Bultó (born December 15 1972 in Barcelona) is a former Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.