Marquez was clearly back to full strength, the Spaniard insisting that his shoulder was almost 100%, and that it certainly wasn't going to be an excuse this weekend. His approach to the race certainly seemed to suggest he would not be needing any excuses, going out and trying to dominate from the start. That approach had drawn some mild criticism from the man he replaced at Repsol Honda. In a recent interview with the Italian magazine Motosprint, Casey Stoner said he felt Marquez was not paying sufficient respect to his rivals. 'Sometimes it looks like he is trying to humiliate them,' Stoner told Motosprint. The irony of Stoner making such a statement is not lost on those who remember the Australian going out and doing exactly the same thing.