I have won on Honda and Yamaha so maybe it is interesting to win with a third team, Ducati, who are Italian.

You look at Moto3, the races are very exciting. Moto2 is fantastic, and then MotoGP is boring.

Our sport is dangerous. We risk the life out there, so we need to stay calm and focused and leave all the rest out.

In 2009, I didn't like that Yamaha signed such a young and competitive teammate [Jorge Lorenzo]. But now everything is different. We are more mature. Everyone knows his role and position. Things are clear.

I was lucky. My father raced bikes. He gave me the passion very early. I had my first bike when I was three or four years old.

You need to realise that, if you want to go on, you have to work hard. If you dwell too much on your past successes and say "well, I have won nine world titles and more than 100 races", you'd rather stay home. The sport, your rivals, the tyres, your motorcycle, everything changes so instead you need to work more to be stronger. If you don't, you're finished.

To be a great motorbike racer, the most important thing is passion for the bike.