Defense sets the tempo. Some thought we were slow on defense, but we have good speed. |
I didn't really try to dissuade them because I was quite sick of the bike breaking. It's been pretty slow and I didn't know whether the thing would last either and I wasn't real confident with it. |
I was really looking forward to racing, I had a lot of people coming down and then at the last minute I'm not racing. |
I've been in this position before, a few years ago, so I know what to expect. |
In Qatar, we put good tyres on at the end of qualifying to do a fast lap ? I got one good lap in and it put me up to 13th, |
It's like Ohio State-Michigan or Miami-Florida State. It's very intense. |
KTM said they didn't have the parts to replace those that keep breaking with the engine, and they don't have the time because all these races are so close together, |
They were a bit worried about it breaking again because Phillip Island is a fast track and it's quite dangerous to break there, |
They've made the 125s go pretty well and I guess it took them time to get them going ? it's hard to quickly develop a bike which is reliable and fast, |
They've made the 125s go pretty well and I guess it took them time to get them going. It's hard to quickly develop a bike which is reliable and fast, |
We knew what we could do, so we came out and had some fun, |
We're much better than we were last year. We have a lot of returnees. This summer the whole team dedicated itself. We want to go to Qualcomm Stadium (for the Division III championship). We have a lot of depth. |
You can feel the engine get really slow really quickly and if you don't pull the clutch in quickly enough it locks the back wheel up and throws you off, |