"My team-mate is a very strong rival and we are currently tied on points so we can't afford to lose concentration for one moment because every race promises to be a constant battle" - Aleix Espargaro.
Aleix Espargaro's dominant performance in the CRT class is rewarded with a ninth place finish and an opportunity to go level with main rival Randy de Puniet.
'We will make up for it [Sachsenring DNF] at Mugello... It was a real shame, because I am sure that I could have been fighting to be the top CRT' - Michele Pirro
'We had a big problem in the beginning of the race with the traction control. I spent the next few laps playing with it, trying to get something more to get it to be smoother' - Colin Edwards
"It's just an unfair situation for Honda. The reason they say for changing the tyre is safety, but at the moment it's not safety for us, we are riding on the limit every lap" - Dani Pedrosa.
Blusens Avintia rider Julian Simon unlikely to have caused the slippery start to the MotoGP race - his bike suffered an off-camera electrical failure in the final corner.