"I feel that already it's a lot better bike than I had last year. Now it just comes down to finding a good setting. Also because I'm doing all the data and basically acting as my own crew chief, the more I learn, the faster I'll be" - Gino Rea
A selection of highlights and milestones from Casey Stoner's grand prix career. The double world champion will retire after Sunday's Valencia MotoGP season finale...
"Bridgestone has decided to supply riders with special construction rear tyres at Mugello as a safeguard against excessively high tyre temperatures" - Hiroshi Yamada.
'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