However I am looking forward to the two new Grands Prixs both Shanghai and Laguna Seca are fantastic tracks and it will be good to race at them.

My approach to the races hasn't changed in my 20-year career. If I have the chance to attack and to pass, I do it, trying to get the best possible result.

Maybe the bike is more dangerous, but the passion for the car for me is second to the bike.

The work that we do during the winter is very important; we have a new bike and it's important to develop it during this time.

I'm Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.

I'm very happy because I won a lot. I've won races and lived in a world that just gave me joy, so I remember it very positively.

The tragic incident of Luis Salom reminds us that our sport, our passion, is dangerous. We know it but, in a way, we don't think about it.