This weekend I actually felt very comfortable at this circuit which is positive because in the past it hasn’t been one of my favourite tracks. So having taken pole position yesterday of course this is not really the result we wanted here. We had an issue with the machine on my practice start in the warmup this morning and so I was racing my second bike today. The feeling was not perfect but still I was able to push hard and fight for positions for most of the race. However in the last ten laps the grip from the tyres began to fall away quite quickly and I had a lot wheelspin and the machine was sliding when I tried to open the throttle. Casey was very fast again here and I don’t think we could have stayed with him today but it’s a shame not to be on the podium today. We’ve had two pole positions in a row and haven’t converted them into very good results so hopefully we can change this for the next race in Malaysia next weekend.
