They said…

Max Biaggi – “It was a race that left me satisfied and was in line with my expectations, from this moment on I can only improve. Also because today I wasn't completely comfortable with the bike and here in Suzuka the most important thing is to ride safely." And the elbow came out a little outside the edges of the hull? “That was an instinctive gesture, it was a racing action, an automatic gesture, almost to protect the fairings: if we had touched each other we would both have fallen, there was nothing else, least of all intentionality '”.
And pointing to his red and white tracksuit, with the black rubber area of ​​the right thigh, he says: “This is a sign of the duel with Ukawa... a lot of things like this happen in competition. certainly not all of them can be seen and, thus, they are not taken with the same weight".
Valentino Rossi – “These are race things is Valentino's opinion, serene and smiling, because when you are there you are very nervous. My gesture? it wasn't a greeting, my hand was closed, so... In my opinion Max gave me a good flip.
Max isn't there? Look at the race on TV...".
Katja Poensgen – When she saw the checkered flag waving, the twenty-four year old German from Aprilia realized another dream: after qualifying, she also completed her first race in the 250 class world championship. Unique and the first woman in history. and it doesn't matter that she placed in last place. “Today was the best day of my life. After all, every rider's dream is to race in the world championship and, after having qualified, I also finished the race.
“It wasn't easy, I didn't even know what I was up against, whether my physical fitness would be enough because I had never done so many laps at the same time in my life”.
And what about your male colleagues? “I didn't see them for long, so much so that at a certain point I was left alone: ​​there was no one in front of me and no one behind me. So I slowed down to finish the race in complete tranquility."
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