MotoGP Interviews

"Hopefully Aprilia will step up to the plate. If it doesn't happen then I'll just walk away. It's great being part of MotoGP but I don't enjoy running at the back" - Paul Bird.

"We've had a lot of riders - maybe 30 or more - but when we retire, for the whole team, Cal is going to remain a special guy" - Herve Poncharal, Tech 3.

"I want to try and grab the opportunity with both hands" - Damian Cudlin.

"We're ahead of the team and sponsors' expectations and targets, but it's just that within myself I want to see something better in the last races" - Bradley Smith.

"I'm happy that Marc [Marquez] is winning with a similar style to mine as it vindicates what I was saying" - Toni Elias.

"If you've got ten riders on track and seven are saying one thing, then that's probably the best direction to go in. It's a pretty democratic system" - Eskil Suter.

"Certain parameters can be set-up for each corner. Those would usually be the torque, engine braking, wheelie control and traction control maps. The corner is identified on a distance basis because GPS is banned from MotoGP" - Phil Borley.

"Don't let the spring valve aspect of the Honda Production MotoGP bike scare you. That thing's gonna be fast as hell. I've heard some numbers and compared to the prototypes, there's not much difference" - Colin Edwards.

"I think the very important - and very positive - news is that Suzuki has decided to come back to MotoGP. Okay, it is one year later, but Suzuki is committed" - Davide Brivio.

"I'm sure that Scott Redding is at a similar level to Marc Marquez... If MotoGP teams are now not considering Scott then I think there is something wrong with the world!" - Michael Bartholemy.

"Nobody owes you anything, you've got to earn it" - Michael Laverty.

"Looking at how testing has gone, we can say that Marc has adapted very well, but this does not really mean anything" - Santi Hernandez.

"I had fun on a few stints, like when I started to slide on worn tyres and began to understand the reactions. It is a bike that you can have a lot of fun on" - Marc Marquez.

An Aspar generated interview with top 2012 CRT MotoGP rider Aleix Espargaro.

"There was cheating going on inside Moto2 this year. We were not one of those teams and we suffered for it" - Bradley Smith.

Media teleconference with Colin Edwards organised by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which will host round eleven of the 2012 season on August 17-19.

A Honda generated interview with MotoGP team manager and former grand prix racer Lucio Cecchinello...

A Repsol Honda generated interview with reigning MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner

"I went into [the Tech 3 MotoGP ride] expecting them to give me maybe 5 laps. Instead they basically filled it with fuel and told me to have fun with it" - Melissa Paris.

"Pulling the muscle off my shoulder in Estoril this year was really painful..." - Taylor Mackenzie.

A Honda generated Q&A with factory MotoGP rider Andrea Dovizioso.

"There's a bunch of really cool sections of racetrack, but I think Turns 2 to 9 are going to be the really challenging part" - Kevin Schwantz.

"Sometimes a mad Casey is even quicker than a plain-old-ordinary fast Casey!" - Kevin Schwantz.

"Even with Valentino at 80% everything is possible" - Vittoriano Guareschi.