There were lost days in Malaysia due to the rain, and in Barcelona as well, and there are only three days in Jerez left. Is your team a bit worried for not having done their homework yet?

DP : "No, because this is just the situation we have now and it's the same situation everybody has when starting in a new class, so it's something normal for me. We've done several tests so far; then we'll have the first races and I will have to continue doing my part of learning. I just cannot arrive at the first race knowing the same things as the others who for example, have been racing for five years in the class."

I guess that it's important to be able to test now in the venue of the first Grand Prix of the season...

DP :"Sure, it's always important to test a few weeks before in a circuit we're are going to race, but you never know if the weather conditions are going to be the same, although they may be very similar. Let's see if we have good weather both during the tests and the Grand Prix to gather a bit more of experience. Testing in Jerez before the race will be good in order to know the speeds and references of my new bike on this circuit."

How do you see yourself in these moments of your adaptation process to the class, looking back and starting from that Wednesday 9 November in Valencia, a date that looks so far behind now?

DP : "I still see myself very far from what I can really achieve. Not as regards results but as regards sensations on the bike. We haven't fixed a determined position of the handlebars or the footrests and things like that yet. We are in a different circuit and we have found different conditions. I cannot say this is the definitive bike and this is the way I'm going to have it always yet. We are making changes every day and that means that we're still inexperienced in this class."