Sepang Quotes

Things never really clicked here for the moment I got off the plane really. Seemed like I was on the back foot all weekend and things never came good to be honest. In the race I had a good battle with a few guys and went back and forth with Barros a few times then I overshot at the end of the straightaway and lost a few places. I feel I let my boys down here and don`t feel good about it. I just want to make sure we come out of the gate fast in Sepang next week and put things straight.

I like Brno, Motegi, Sepang, Qatar... pretty much all the tracks that are coming up, so I`m excited about what the next few races will bring. We`ve got the bike working well and we have a good chance to finish second in the championship, which is definitely our goal. Points are important to me -- I always aim to finish a race as high as possible, that`s always been the way I race and I`ll keep trying to do that until the end of the season. At the same time it would be great to win a race...so I`m going to try for both!

(The tropically hot conditions that prevail at Sepang make life tough for tyres, but Michelin has always been up to the track`s demands.) Sepang is one of those special places where you get a lot more wheelspin than normal, ... The hotter it is, the more wheelspin you get, so you just try to keep the bike in line, you have to think about conserving your tyres more. The place is very heavy on the right side of the tyres, that`s the side that gets all the abuse, so Michelin takes all that into account and builds something focusing 90 per cent on of the right side of the tyre. The places that really generate heat are turns three, six and coming onto the back straight (turn 14) where the thing just wants to light up.

If you`re doing MotoGP you get to spend a lot of time at Sepang,

I like Brno, Motegi, Sepang, Qatar... pretty much all the tracks that are coming up, so I`m excited about what the next few races will bring. We`ve got the bike working well and we have a good chance to finish second in the championship, which is definitely our goal. Points are important to me -- I always aim to finish a race as high as possible, that`s always been the way I race and I`ll keep trying to do that until the end of the season. At the same time it would be great to win a race...so I`m going to try for both!