After the weekend we were having and how we felt after qualifying yesterday, it was a shame to see it rain this morning, but the weather is like this. I went out in the warm-up this morning and it did not feel too bad, I was fifth fastest in really wet conditions. But as soon as we started the race, basically after one lap we were not sure what happened, whether it was the tyre or something electronic but the bike became very difficult to ride and I just went backwards. I think I was the first one to come in and the track was still pretty wet but I needed to come in and switch bikes. Luckily for me the track started to dry pretty fast and after a few slow laps I was able to get rolling. Really I think we were lucky to salvage some kind of result out of the day, if it had stayed wet we could have been in even more trouble. But ninth position for Honda`s home race is not the result we had hoped for. It is the first time in my life that i have ever been on cut slicks, we have been in rain tyres or intermediates before so I did get some useful experience. We still have three more races and we`ll keep fighting. Finally, congratulations to Casey. There`s a new World Champion today and so congratulations to him and his whole team as they really deserve it.
