"Monza is always a unique place and it is completely different to pretty much any other track we have on the calendar. My preparation is the same for Monza as anywhere else but I just try to make sure I keep my weight down because it makes a difference to your acceleration up to top speed....Read more>>

I got a pretty good start in the race but, it was so wet that had quite a few slides and scary moments in the early stages and that sort of knocked my confidence a little bit. I tried to stay in a podium position but couldn’t stay with the two guys in front of me. Then I saw the gap was 22...Read more>>

It was dry this afternoon but a little bit windier than yesterday. We managed to go fastest in the session, but were still a couple of tenths slower than yesterday’s qualifying time. To go that little bit extra was difficult in the wind, which I guess upsets the 600s a bit more than the...Read more>>

We put quite a few laps on one tyre and did quite a good time so, late in the session, we put in an identical tyre but there was just something not right with it – exactly the same tyre, but no grip. Then there was a bike stuck in the track, so we had to come in, but we had no other tyres...Read more>>

“Having a test so close to the first race weekend is always good. We were the fastest in the morning of the final day of the tests and then fourth overall, so that was positive. I had a crash and that held us back a bit when I was going to try for a fast lap. We also worked a lot on race pace...Read more>>

“In general I am very happy. I have not ridden a bike for four months and we sort of rolled in here, having only just put the deal together in the past three weeks. Yesterday we worked well and today we just fine tuned the bike to suit my style and every time we went out we went quicker and...Read more>>