You need a combination of many things to get good results. Experience is one of these, and it can be very useful at the right moment. I don't know if it helps to go faster, but for sure it's an important element that has helped me a lot. Being experienced helps you to make fewer mistakes when you are on track. This is the positive side for being around for so many years!

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.

My approach to the races hasn't changed in my 20-year career. If I have the chance to attack and to pass, I do it, trying to get the best possible result.

The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.

To win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races.

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

Our sport is dangerous. We risk the life out there, so we need to stay calm and focused and leave all the rest out.