You have had to deal with a myriad of riders and personalities and staff since you came into MotoGP with Yamaha in this advisory role. What has that required from your side? A very open mind? You must have your own beliefs on the best way to go racing…
This is a good question…of course you need to be very flexible. The whole group here is very determined to win, from the mechanics to the riders - everybody basically - and they all have their own way to work. They’re very experienced but they still have their own methods and sometimes it can clash a bit. In a group dynamic it is always important to communicate and find the best way for the team and it is not always easy to do that. So you have to keep an open mind to others and what they need. The last thing you want is a big dogfight and I have learned that the best way doesn't mean just one way. In the past, as a rider, you think ‘this is how I want to do it’ and in my case I wanted to know technical details of the bike because I wanted to know what was going on. Jorge was different. He didn't know a lot about the bike, technically, but he was so good with concentration and finding the limits of the tyres that he didn't need to know. So there are different ways to find race wins and this is the interesting part and it opened my eyes a lot.