I can win a race before the end of the season

It's the first game of the season, you want to get off the mark and get that first win under your belt so we're very happy to get the three points. ... We gave up two bad goals, but with that, we were able to come back twice which is good. We showed a lot of character and that is something I think is really important.

I probably made the best race start of my whole life, Valentino got away well too and we went together into the first bend. Elias came up on the inside and I actually saw everything happen but to be honest I thought Vale would be able to stay on the bike so I kept my corner speed and tried to just run it around the outside.

I hope we can exceed what we did last year. Before the season our goal was to win the national championship. We're not going to be satisfied just going to the playoffs. We want to do something.

More important than winning a race is participation.

I think you're allowed only about one bad race for these next 10,