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

I never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.

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.

The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.

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.

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

I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.