Simoncelli and Aoyama Ready to Rediscover the Feeling with the Honda MotoGP Bikes at Brno

The riders of the Honda Gresini team arrive at Brno eager to race. Both Marco Simoncelli and Hiroshi Aoyama are ready to face this eleventh round of the MotoGP season on the Czech track.

Simoncelli has taken this break very seriously. He needed to reflect after the latest disappointment at Laguna Seca. He is now prepared for the second half of the season and wants to carry his speed over into the race-day sessions.

For his part, Hiroshi Aoyama has used this break well to improve his physical condition, which has been a limiting factor in the last rounds of the championship and has been lingering since the Assen Grand Prix last June.

The Japanese rider’s goal is to perform at the level he showed in the first races of the year, and so regain the feeling with his bike.

Below you can see the statements from Marco Simoncelli:

Logically, I would have preferred to go on vacation with a different result, but things turned out the way they did, and all we can do is learn the lesson and leave what happened at Laguna Seca behind us.

After a good vacation in some American parks, I’m going to Brno looking for the best possible result.

We must focus on the second half of the season and try to achieve some positive results. The circuit suits my riding style, although last year in MotoGP I didn’t go especially well there.

But I have won there before in 250cc, in 2009, and I have also taken pole and reached the podium in 125cc. Overall, it’s a track I like, and I hope to do well.

Statements from Hiroshi Aoyama:

The result at Laguna Seca didn’t satisfy me particularly, but I still wasn’t in my best physical condition. Now, after this break, I hope to be in better shape at Brno.

I need to regain my confidence in myself and in the bike. It will be my first GP at Brno with MotoGP, because last year I was injured and couldn’t compete there… It will be a new experience, but I like the track, and I already reached the podium in 250cc (in 2006) and also finished fourth in 2009. I have the motivation to do well this weekend.

Source | MotoGP Official website