It's a big, big advantage because understanding what changes we might make takes time and it takes time to work out settings and to understand everything about the new machine.

It is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on

I am still here because I like to prove myself. I still like to ride the bike on track and enjoy the races. I still have good reasons to be in racing after so many years.

I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.

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.

You try to do a technical feature: in front of me I had a strong rider who brakes hard and it's difficult to pass.

Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn't have had this passion to be a rider.