Honda have today confirmed that a faulty throttle cable was the cause of Casey Stoner’s crash at the Suzuka Eight-Hours on Sunday morning which left him with a broken leg and shoulder.

The former MotoGP rider jumped off the Musashi Fireblade on the approach to the hairpin as it took him on to the grass. He collided with barriers and got tangled with the CBR1000 before cartwheeling into the air.

The statement from HRC reads:

Honda Racing Corporation has carried out a detailed analysis following the crash of Casey Stoner in last weekend’s Suzuka 8 Hours race.

Checking the throttle, which is a particular specification for Endurance HRC Factory bikes, and different from the standard throttle used on the Honda CBR1000RR road version, a malfunction was discovered related to the throttle cable.

This kind of problem hasn’t arisen before, however, HRC will cease using this throttle specification and will design a new one to be used for Endurance races.

HRC would like to apologise to Casey Stoner and thank him for the effort he made in attending the Suzuka 8 Hours event.