For sure the race in Portugal has given us a boost and so I’m really looking forward to going straight to Motegi to hopefully picking up where we left off at Estoril. We made some small changes to the machine during the weekend in Portugal and they helped us improve the speed in the race, so we’ll continue with those in Japan. What was encouraging was that the performance of our package didn’t fall away during the race which has happened sometimes this year, so if this situation continues we’ll be aiming to challenge for the win again.
Of course tyres are going to be critical to this and Motegi is a circuit where our tyre rivals have gone well in the past. But we’ll certainly give it everything. I like this track and it seems to have suited me in previous years so I hope that’s going to be the same with the 800s. I rode this bike for the first time after last year’s race here so it shouldn’t feel totally unfamiliar. Also the weather can be quite unpredictable at Motegi but let’s hope for another fine weekend.For sure the race in Portugal has given us a boost and so I’m really looking forward to going straight to Motegi to hopefully picking up where we left off at Estoril.
We made some small changes to the machine during the weekend in Portugal and they helped us improve the speed in the race, so we’ll continue with those in Japan. What was encouraging was that the performance of our package didn’t fall away during the race which has happened sometimes this year, so if this situation continues we’ll be aiming to challenge for the win again. Of course tyres are going to be critical to this and Motegi is a circuit where our tyre rivals have gone well in the past. But we’ll certainly give it everything. I like this track and it seems to have suited me in previous years so I hope that’s going to be the same with the 800s. I rode this bike for the first time after last year’s race here so it shouldn’t feel totally unfamiliar. Also the weather can be quite unpredictable at Motegi but let’s hope for another fine weekend.
