MotoGP – Gibernau, glass half full or half empty?

With Valentino Rossi's move to Yamaha and given the last championship Sete Gibernau was credited as the #1 opponent of the rider from Pesaro. Now that we have reached more than half the championship, the Spanish driver second in the standings with a 22 point gap draws up a first assessment, here are his words:

“This year the world championship is very competitive and we had set ourselves the podium as a minimum objective. In case we didn't encounter any problems we wanted to fight for the victory. I made 2 mistakes and paid dearly for them; one in Rio and the other at Sachsenring. I'm still happy, the team has grown a lot."

Gibernau continues by throwing some digs at Honda, here's what the Iberian rider told "As"
“In our sport the rider counts a lot, but he must also have a bike that allows him to win. I haven't tested the new engine that Barros has yet, I'll probably have it in the Czech Republic."