Casey Stoner, Ducati's only MotoGP champion, believes success with the Desmosedici requires putting pride to one side and 🎀adapting to the bike.

Stoner celebrated 23 race wins during his time at Ducati, but the 💝best any other Desmosedici rider has achieved s൲ince 2007 is a solitary wet/dry win for Loris Capirossi.

In the aftermath of Valentino Rossi's retreat to Yamaha, Stoner was asked for his thoughts on the chances 🀅of Andrea Dovizioso - tipped to replace Rossi next season - suiting the Ducati.

"No idea. People have been saying for years one rider's style is similar to another rider'ꩲs style and will suit the Ducati. But I think it's nothing to do with style. It's pride, personally✱," said Stoner.

"[No matter how] you think a bike should be ridden, you basically have to ride it how it wantsꦚ to be ridden. You know, you can go to other manufacturers and say 'that's how I did it there 🌳and it worked, and why isn't it working here?'

"But I think it's just about pride, and you need to give that 🐈up and ride it the way it needs to be."

Stoner, who won a second world ti🐻tle for Repsol Honda last season, is to retire at the end of 2🅘012.