Bradley Smith admits there is a lot of pressure and expectation ahead of this weekend's debut in the Suzuka 8 Hour endurance race.
“Yes there is a lot of expectation, but we know the job we need to do and Yamaha have given me Pol and Nakasuga a fantastic package,” Smith said. “Nakasuga-san has taught us a lot as he helped to develop the bike and has the most experience at Suzuka so yes, we expect the pressure but all of us want to win and bring the trophy back to Yamaha Motor Corporation.”
“The good thing is that the R1 I'm using at Suzuka already feels like my M1 I use in MotoGP and the fact that we use Bridgestone tyres in MotoGP means I am used to the feedback I get from the tyres,” Smith explained.
“Of course they are a little bit different to our MotoGP tyres, but the DNA of the Bridgestone MotoGP tyre is still there and they worked well in testing.”
“I really love riding at Suzuka, it was better than I expected,” he said. “Everyone I talked to said how much fun it is to ride, but it really is great and I love the undulations and blind corners.
“I would say my favourite part is the 'S' Curves as I really enjoyed riding through that part, but also 130R at the end of the back straight.”
“Yes there is a lot of expectation, but we know the job we need to do and Yamaha have given me Pol and Nakasuga a fantastic package,” Smith said. “Nakasuga-san has taught us a lot as he helped to develop the bike and has the most experience at Suzuka so yes, we expect the pressure but all of us want to win and bring the trophy back to Yamaha Motor Corporation.”
“The good thing is that the R1 I'm using at Suzuka already feels like my M1 I use in MotoGP and the fact that we use Bridgestone tyres in MotoGP means I am used to the feedback I get from the tyres,” Smith explained.
“Of course they are a little bit different to our MotoGP tyres, but the DNA of the Bridgestone MotoGP tyre is still there and they worked well in testing.”
“I really love riding at Suzuka, it was better than I expected,” he said. “Everyone I talked to said how much fun it is to ride, but it really is great and I love the undulations and blind corners.
“I would say my favourite part is the 'S' Curves as I really enjoyed riding through that part, but also 130R at the end of the back straight.”
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