Maybe The Bike Is More

In 2002 The Yamaha Was At More Or Less The Same Level As The Honda, Better In Some Ways, Worse In Others. But In The Winter Of Last Year Between 2002 And 2003, Honda Made A Big Step Forward And It Seemed As If Yamaha Couldn't Quite Match That Improvement.

I Try To Have A Different Relationship With The Bike. I Don't Give It A Name, But I Always Speak With It. I Don't Know If The Other Riders Do The Same. This Is Not Only A Piece Of Metal - There Is A Soul. The Bike Talks Back Too. But Not With A Voice, With The Components

Once The Races Begin It's More Difficult And There Is Never That Much Time For Testing.

Friendship Is Very Important To Me. With Some Friends, We've Known Each Other Since We Were Kids And It's A Very Strong Relationship. They Always Tell Me What They Think Even When I Am Wrong. It's Great To Share With Them The Best Moments. I Also Have Many Friends In The Team, And I Like To Share My Passion With Them.

It Is Dangerous And Unbelievably Fast And Entirely Different From The Kind Of Track I Am Used To Racing On