This track has been a bit up and down for me in the past. I’ve had a few good rides here and also a few that weren’t so good. This time it’s a short turn-around coming straight from Europe into Japan and we had a decent weekend in Portugal so I’m looking forward to the next one. Japan is always an exciting GP because it’s in the home country of most of the manufacturers, including Honda, which definitely adds a bit of an edge to it. Plus the fans are pretty cool here and they’re always really good to me. The track has a lot of straights and our bike has been running better lately, especially in cooler conditions so hopefully the weather will be kind to us and give us cooler temperatures. It’s really important to have a bike that’s stable on the brakes and lately that’s been one of the strong points of the RC212V. The team’s been doing some good work with the machine so we’ll get out there on Friday and see what sort of package we’ve got. Hopefully we can try to keep the little bit of momentum rolling from the last race.
