Colin Edwards:
Well, I know just about - I wouldn't say all of them, but they love America in the first place, you know. They all like coming here. They enjoy the food, enjoy the people, enjoy the weather. So I think it's going to be good, you know. I think they're excited. Everybody is ready to come and get it going, see what it's like.
Q:
Thank you. Colin, I guess this season may not have gone quite as well as you would have hoped going in. How much would it mean to you if you could come in and win this race? How much would that make, you know, this season all of a sudden a successful one for you?
Colin Edwards:
You said it right there. It would definitely, you know, after all the drama we've been through after the last four races, it would make it a successful season. That's the ultimate goal, go and win your home grand prix. At the same time, we've got a couple guys that are fighting hard, got really good packages; and to win a race, you've got to beat both of them at the moment. That's a tall order in itself. This is the U.S., this is the home race, and anything can happen.
Q:
Is it realistic that you could come here and make up the gap on those two guys, is here a realistic hope going into this thing if things go right you can win it?
Colin Edwards:
Of course, yeah. There's - if things go right, there's every bit a possibility of winning the race. We've got some work to do. Nobody knows it, man. I think that's maybe in our advantage, to be honest with you, nobody knowing the track, nobody having their setups down. I've generally been good showing up at a track and getting everything sorted out quickly, so that's what we're looking for.
Q:
That was actually my last question. You think the fact that it is new to everybody does indeed level the playing field?
Colin Edwards:
Absolutely. Whenever we go to an Italian race, all the Italians go good, they've grown up on that track. When we go here, the Americans go good, same with Australia. Come here and level the playing field a bit and see what happens. Should be good.
Q:
Colin, my question is going to be about the comments you made at the end of the last race, saying that your problem was in the first three laps that you had which essentially put you back to the point where you couldn't get back in the top 10 to compete where you wanted to. Obviously, Yamaha hasn't tested at Misano like Honda and Kawasaki tested on Monday. Has anything been done or had you guys made any plans toward correcting this so you won't have the same issue riding again in the first three laps at Indianapolis?
Colin Edwards:
Yeah, we've got a pretty, one of many long meetings I've had with Michelin at the end of the weekend. I think we've got an idea. They've got an idea of something we can do to prevent the - you know, basically it's just we had to run such a hard tyre that it was like ice the first few laps. But I think they have a scenario, let's say, to fix that.
