I believe that for the Konica Minolta Honda Team there will not be any substantial changes compare to the 2005 season. Our will is to give stability to our project and I believe that this is the best way to continue on the road taken this year. I thank our partners that have given us the opportunity to participate to the 2005 MotoGP World Championship and I hope to give them those satisfactions we are hardly working for. In these weeks we are working in Verona at our technical base as we have many things to do. We hope to build a solid base to come back for the 2006 season as protagonists. We have all we need to emerge and I believe in our package. I hope that the experience gained in 2005 will be useful to learn to use in the best way every situation."

Makoto Tamada . Konica Minolta Honda Rider

"The thing I need the most at the moment is to relax and analyze with the right calmness the season just concluded. We'll have the possibility to test on the Malaysian track in two other occasions in January and February and I would like to present with clear ideas on how to arrange the 2006 work. I have already begun my physical preparation and this year I will use a lot my Honda CR450F. I want to completely forget about 2005 and think positively towards 2006. This is also a motive that made us decide to turn page as quickly as possible."