maybe lose too much time and impossible come back, making too difficult drive and after 20 minutes maybe self coming broken. And I feeling better second place than nothing maybe.”


“I think biggest problem many riders jump little crazy and break bike.

“Possible many times jump long but not go very hard down. Many times you have little jump before bigger jump. It possible you can jump little jump over big jump and go down early and not so very hard. Many drivers go just big jump very high, go down very hard, lose time and very crazy for bike. Every jump you have many different places you can jump. Some places you go more up.”

“I not so much travel with family because normally on Thursday, like when Grand Prix in Austria, I fly alone. Sometime I think it is better at Grand Prix alone. You a little angry. Not good for wife. Not so good for race.”

“He was sitting on the works Husqvarna that would carry him to a first-moto victory and the title. The meeting was profound, heavy. DeCoster, the Belgian gentleman, three-time champion about to lose his bid for an unprecedented fourth; Mikkola, the soft-spoken Finn, pursuing 11 years what would be his in a few hours. Tension hung in the raw, rainy air surrounding the two and I backed away, not wanting to break the spell.”