I am able to ride the bike and think clearly about strategy and tyres. I also have positive thinking. I am very constructively critical.

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.

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

But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.

Riding a race bike is an art - a thing that you do because you feel something inside.

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

I would have probably stolen cars - it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.