Team GO&FUN Honda Gresini rider Alvaro Bautista heads directly from the Sachsenring circuit in Germany to the United States this week as the MotoGP World Championship hits the halfway stage with an exhausting trip across the Atlantic. The Laguna Seca circuit will provide another stern test of the team's progress so far this year, with Bautista heading west on the back of a solid ride in Germany that has gone some way to making up for a poor run of results at Mugello, Barcelona and Assen. It was a less pleasing weekend for Bryan Staring at Sachsenring but the Australian rookie must pick himself up quickly as he tackles another new and difficult circuit.
Alvaro Bautista
“It wasn't an easy weekend in Germany but we came out of it with a positive result. I found more confidence with the bike around most of the track but I was losing too much time in the second sector and we didn't manage to fix it in time for the race. Anyway, we made some positive steps in certain areas and certainly improved on Assen. It has helped lift morale in the team and now we go to another tricky circuit in Laguna, with its elevation changes and blind corners. It is a tough track but we will do our best to adapt quickly. We struggled with the suspension here last year but we have made some good progress in this area since then and I am sure that if we are methodical in our work we can make sure we have a competitive RC213V to race on Sunday. I am confident because the team is working well and this makes me think we can be fighting for a good result this weekend.”
Bryan Staring “I am still upset with the weekend at Sachsenring. Four crashes in one weekend is too much and I feel sorry for the team because they are putting so much work in. I knew it was going to be hard but I didn't know it would be this hard. My confidence has taken a battering and Laguna Seca is not the easiest circuit to be going to next. It is a difficult track but I have to stay calm, work hard and rely on the unrelenting hard work of the team. I will have to concentrate hard from the start to learn the best lines around the track and then start working on the set-up of the bike as quickly as possible. We will be doing everything we can to put the weekend in Germany behind us.”
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