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

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.

If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.

Nowadays, we have to deal with so many more factors that weren't there in the past. It's not enough to be a good rider, if you want to finish at the front. The riders have become incredible athletes. In the past, you could manage the race and fight only on the last laps. Now you need to train hard. You cannot allow yourself to go on track without being at 100 percent.

Giving yourself threads doesn't mean you don't believe in yourself in my opinion.

I think the secret is to understand that you still want to be part of the game. To do so, you have to forget all the victories you've managed to get in the previous years and have a great humility. You also 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.

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.