To share their thoughts on the 12th round of the 2014 MotoGP season in England, current world champion Marc Marquez and his rivals Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Bradley Smith, Cal Crutchlow and teammate Dani Pedrosa shared a table on Thursday, August 28th. The top guns of the premier class racing actually gathered to meet the media at a preliminary press meeting in Silverstone. A day after Marquez rode his MotoGP prototype of Repsol Honda over the Millennium Bridge in London to create a new history.
Marquez, who failed to reach the podium for the first time in Brno after winning 10 races in a row, was the first to address the media. The 21-year old Spaniard said that in the end the situation remains the same, but obviously that day he was not able to win the race at Brno. Marc also said that perhaps it was his worse race in the Grand Prix, but on the very next day of the race they were able to find the solution to the problem so its fine and they are optimistic now. The Silverstone circuit has a good track and the weather conditions are also looking good for the weekend.
Marc’s partner and winner of the Czech Republic Grand Prix, Dani Pedrosa said that they had a terrific weekend at Brno. Talking about the Silverstone, Dani said that he had a good race at this circuit during last season. He had to bridge some gap in order to reach the front but it was great, said the Honda rider. Pedrosa also said that he is pleased to be here and weather conditions are good too so he is hoping to have a good result at this weekend. On this occasion Dani admitted that initially u have to get used to the track, as Silverstone is a different circuit. It’s quite flat so one has to carefully look at their reference points, said Pedrosa.
After Pedrosa it was Rossi’s turn to speak, who is very popular in England as he is in other parts of the world. Valentino said that he made a good start in the second half of the season and he had enjoyed the competitions, but unfortunately he was not good enough to win the race. So they need to keep on working on their pace to improve it until the last lap, added Rossi.
According to the nine-time world champion, Silverstone is an extremely technical and long track that is fast and wise as well. Though, he likes it but it’s too difficult to learn its lines and they have not been able to achieve good results at this circuit, said Rossi. He said that they were good last year, but still it was not enough. Valentino said that this year they have improved their braking so they continue to keep on improving.
In contrast to Rossi, Lorenzo has a good record at Silverstone as of the four MotoGP races he has won three since the premier class racing has returned to this circuit in 2010. The Movistar Yamaha rider said on this occasion that he the venue very much and he has always been very fast at this track. Now in this season everything has improved for the, and in the last few weeks they have been able to take some big steps forward with their bike and they are still trying to improve, said Jorge.
English rider Smith who has grown up while living close to the Silverstone circuit said that his house is just 30 minutes drive from this venue so he is extremely thrilled to be here. Last year it was his first MotoGP race at this venue, so now he has 12 months more experience and he pretty pleased with his bike as well, said Smith. Adding to it he said that they had achieved some good results in the past and his form is not bad either since the second half of the season has begun.
Crutchlow is another British rider who is taking part in this competition as a Ducati Team rider. Since he is a jolly fellow, so he joked that the upcoming race is not his real home Grand Prix as Bradley is best British rider at this point in time, so he can have all the stress. The Ducati rider added that they had conducted a test during this week and learned about some new settings so they are hopeful that they will be able to come more close to the front riders this time and give a tough fight to Andrea Dovizioso.
Now it remains to be seen how well these riders will do in England. Till then go out and do some shopping from J&S Accessories store that has some exciting deals for motorcycle riders and enthusiast.
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