No Rest For Fiat Yamaha Team As Title Challenge Heads To Assen
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Jun 24, 2008
Yamaha Racing
Jorge Lorenzo - Hoping for some fun
“Thinking about Sunday’s race is still giving me a lot of pleasure and it makes me feel much more confident about riding than I felt this time one week ago! I hope, after the good result in the UK, that the bad times of the recent weeks are now just a memory and in fact I won’t be thinking about them at all anymore, only about the rest of the season. I had a lot of fun on Sunday, which I wasn’t necessarily expecting, and this has helped me to move on and look forward to the next races. Assen is one of my favourite tracks, maybe my best of all. Last year I won there and I hope I can have another good result this year, although I know I still have to take things gently and not take too many risks. I’m really looking forward to riding a MotoGP bike there; I think it will be great fun!”
Davide Brivio - Half-way through
“So now we arrive at the half-way point of the championship in Assen, and I think we can be pleased with our performance so far. We’re leading the championship and our motivation is very strong, but there is no time to rest at the moment. Our primary aim is to be on the podium every round and we did this again in Donington, where we took some important points and extended our lead over Pedrosa, but we really want to be fighting for the win and so we will be trying to make up for this in Assen. Our bike has traditionally been very good in Assen, both on the old and the new circuits, and we hope that we will be in the best shape from the start this week.”
Daniele Romagnoli - Assen is a temple
“The aim at Donington was to get Jorge’s feeling back with the bike and he did that, setting some very good laps towards the end of the race, so whilst there is still no pressure on him to get results I think we have a good chance of success at Assen. For sure he took practice much more carefully at Donington, putting long runs together and avoiding taking risks - especially in the early part of the session when the setting was not perfect. A big part of his job this year is to learn, but unfortunately some lessons are more painful than others! Despite the changes to the track in recent years Assen is still a temple for motorcycle racing and we always look forward to competing there. It is a good track for Jorge’s riding style, as we have seen in the past, and it is also good for Yamaha so I think we can be very competitive.”
