My winter has been quite nice, but I have a feeling that the team at Yamaha have had to work very hard indeed.

BBC: Steve Parrish's MotoGP column

"I was very confident before the race because I knew I was first in every practice, " said the Yamaha rider.

BBC: Lorenzo wins to reduce Rossi lead

Onto the main protagonists and I see this season being a titanic battle between Honda's Dani Pedrosa and Yamaha's Valentino Rossi.

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