Loris Capirossi - Ducati Marlboro Team - 1st :

"For the first race of the season it is amazing for us. This is the best start to a season we have made. We made a great job during the IRTA test here earlier this month and tried the tyres in a long run and we thought then we had a good opportunity to do well in this race. We made a great job yesterday to get the pole position with a fantastic lap time and today when I started my target was to take it easy at the beginning. But I found myself in the lead and tried to do some really good laps and opened up a bit of an advantage. I could see Dani coming behind me and I'm impressed with him because he was riding really well in his first MotoGP. I tried to take it a little bit easy and Dani got close to me, but for the last six laps I pushed again to try and take an advantage. I could see I was gaining and won the race. I have to say a big thanks to Bridgestone because they have done a fantastic job. We worked hard all winter and now this is our second season together the partnership is now starting to work really well. We go to Qatar full of optimism and confidence now that we can maintain a serious challenge for the world championship this year."

Hiroshi Yamada - Motorcycle Racing Manager - Bridgestone Corporation :

 "Today finished off a perfect weekend for us and I am very happy. It was a fantastic day and is very satisfying to know that we set pole position, won the race and also had the fastest lap. I don't know what else we can do. I would like to thank all of the Bridgestone staff for the hard work and effort they have put in during the last winter. Today's performance from Loris proves that we have taken the correct direction with development of the tyres from 2005. I am very happy for Loris because he was very strong today and rode a good race. I am very sorry for Sete though. He also had a good chance but we know that he will be back. What makes today even more special is the win is our first in Europe, which is another landmark we have achieved this weekend in Jerez. Now we can look forward to Qatar with extra optimism and confidence after such a great start to the season."