This was a fantastic first day for us, especially the afternoon,
It was a fantastic race and my best race of the year by far. It was a battle between great riders and it was fantastic to win like this. I would like to say thank you to my team because the bike was very, very fast.
So, 11 victories is fantastic and always race in this track is different, is magic, ... I win a lot of times here, a lot of important races for my career and I love this track.
I'm happy because the bike worked well. I was confident of a pole position but Nicky set a fantastic lap time ... and second position for tomorrow is not so bad.
I have a fantastic relationship with this factory and my team crew, who have worked so hard to make the M1 as competitive as it is now, and it just made sense to stay with Yamaha for another year.
However I am looking forward to the two new Grands Prixs; both Shanghai and Laguna Seca are fantastic tracks and it will be good to race at them.
It's a fantastic track and if the bike is okay it's a great pleasure to ride.