I tried very hard to make a good race of it and I am very happy to be on the podium. After the first race, I knew I could keep up with the top riders and this gave me confidence to push harder. Akira Yanagawa had a courageous race two, finishing in eleventh place despite the injuriy that made it almost impossible to control his Fuchs Kawasaki. The injury to the left elbow worsened while riding the bike when a blood clot put pressure on a nerve. I was really, really sick out there and just tried to get as many points as I could.
Any points are better than none.
Gregorio Lavilla struggled with his tyre choice in race two, electing to use a harder tyre that make the bike worse than in race one. I really thought I could get on the podium in race two, but I got a really bad start and had to make up a lot of time. In the last couple of laps, I ran wide through turn one and had to stand the bike up and run off the track. I couldn't slow down enough before the tyre barrier and just hit it at very low speed and dropped the bike. If I could have got the bike back on the track in time I would have probably scored a point or two - I was a little unlucky today.