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

I try to have a different relationship with the bike. I don't give it a name, but I always speak with it. I don't know if the other riders do the same. This is not only a piece of metal - there is a soul. The bike talks back too. But not with a voice, with the components

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

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

I am focused on racing. I enjoy it. It's a great feeling to be back fighting for the title.

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.

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