A race to forget

250. Dani Pedrosa 1st: "It's been a fantastic day both for having won the race here in Australia, and obviously for regaining the title. It's been a great satisfaction, and winning in Phillip Island has been even more special. Not many people expected me to win the title today, but we have done our job, knowing how to make the best out of Stoners crash. I've made an intelligent and conservative race. From Stoner's crash, I decided to lap the whole race behind Porto, and towards the end, since the team saw me skidding a couple of times, they decided to show me the OK board for the second place. Porto was very fast in the corners, but my bike was doing very well too, so my plan for the end was getting Sebas slipstream to try to overtaking him. If it worked it would be great and if not, being second wouldn't be a bad result either. There was no need to risk more than necessary. Afraid of not getting the slipstream well, I made a little mistake in the last corner. I got too close and had to get out earlier than planned. It was the first time during the whole race that I went out of the slipstream and I noticed that the bike wasn't as fast as I thought, but fortunately I was able to overtake him by only some thousands of a second. I want to thank everybody, especially my team - they have been working really hard -, all those who have been always supporting me and the fans. They also deserve it."

250. Sebastián Porto 2nd:

"I'm happy because the race went very well. At the beginning it was a little hard, because the bike didn't get away well, but then I soon recovered. When I got into first place, I tried to push hard, but halfway through the race I saw that I couldn't break away from Dani, so I decided to slow it down a little. Just a few laps from the end, I cranked the pace up once again, but I couldn't get away, because his bike was quicker than mine. I'm both happy and disappointed because he overtook me on the finish line, and you feel powerless. It's a shame because we worked hard during the race and throughout the whole weekend, but the positive thing is that the bike is going well and we are competitive once more."