Having had four weeks to digest his Laguna Seca defeat, Casey Stoner has conceded that cri👍ticism of Valentino Rossi's racing tactics immediately after their epic US GP battl♓e may have been an over reaction.

Stoner had won the thre😼e races prior to Laguna Seca, where he comfortably led every track session leading up to the race - when Rossi launched a thrilling all-out attack to smother the Australian's performance advantage.

In his desperation to prevent the Ducati Marlboro star escaping, Rossi produced some thrilling overtaking moves - s🍰ome of which Stoner, whose victory challenge finally ended in a small fall, braꦗnded as "the most aggressive I've seen in a long time".

A visibly angry Stoner initially refused to shake Rossi's hand after the race and al💝so stated that he had lost some respect for the seven time world champion. Rossi rejected any suggesꦍtion that his moves had been out-of-order, declaring 'this is racing'.

When asked on Thursday if his view of the race has since changed, Stoner, who will start this weekend's Czech Republic Gra📖nd Prix 25 points from Rossi, confessed that he may have overreacted - but pointed out that Rossi had previouslꦜy criticised Toni Elias for very similar reasons.

"Like all riders we react in the way that we do sometimes," replied Stoner, who shook hands with Rossi in the Brno pre-event press conference. "I think Valentino [has made similar] comments froไm what Toni ha♕s done in the past. I think at the time maybe we overreacted."

Either way, MotoGP fans will doubtless be hoping that Rossi and Stoner cꦆan pick up where they left off during this weekend's Brno eve🌟nt - when Stoner, winner of last year's Czech Republic Grand Prix, will be aiming to go the full race distance.

"I am going to hopefully just be putting up more of a❀ fight in the last few laps this time," added the #1. "It would be nice if I can put pressure on right up un👍til the last lap."

"Valentino [said that] seven races [to the end of the season] is a long time, but for us it's a sꦗhort time!" commented Casey, referring to the task he faces in hunting down the Fiat Yamaha rider. "We always need more races, but we can only do what we can do."

Stoner added that he doesn't expect to try anything radical during the post-race test session on Monday and Tuesday, and is happy with the package he already has. Rossi is expected to try revised electronics at Brno this w♕eekend.

Showe💙rs are𝔉 reportedly a possibility on Friday and Saturday.