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

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.

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

Also, when I started racing he knew a lot of people and it was more easy for me to find the first bike, so I have a good chance for sure.

In 2002 the Yamaha was at more or less the same level as the Honda, better in some ways, worse in others. But in the winter of last year between 2002 and 2003, Honda made a big step forward and it seemed as if Yamaha couldn't quite match that improvement.

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.

I'm done with F1 unfortunately. I'm too old, the train has passed