I can’t wait to get on the track on Friday morning to find out if I made as much progress as I think I did on the Monday and Tuesday test in Spain. I really hope it will all carry over and that I haven’t just been fooling myself – anyway and we’ll find out soon! Plus I’m fully over my injuries from the Le Mans crash so I feel ready to push really hard. Donington is a pretty good track. I really like the first part of the lap, but the last section has never come just silky smooth for me. There’s a lot of hard braking, then accelerating where you’re fighting to keep the front wheel down to the next corner. However, with losing 200cc this year, the wheelie problem should be reduced somewhat. On the Thursday before the race the Riders for Health charity does some good fundraising work and we’re bringing a few kids from the Make-a-Wish Foundation for the weekend too, so I’m looking forward to that. Also we’ve got a few British ‘lads’ in my team and this is their home track, so it would be nice to give them a good result here at ‘Paradise Island’ as they call it.
