Hiroshi Aoyama will be preparing to focus on improvements made at Le Mans when he arrives to the circuit at Mugello this weekend, for the Gran Premio d’Italia TIM. The Interwetten Honda MotoGP competitor ended 11th in the final event after battling for a spot inside the top ten, he is confident that a good beginning in practice on Friday will see him achieve his goals.

“Mugello is one of the difficult tracks and you have to have a lot of experience to be able to handle it. Even for me Mugello is not really easy and I have been around for a few years,” says the Japanese racer, who will compete on the Italian track on a premier session 800cc engine for the initial time.

“I want to be stronger straight away in the practice sessions this time, and I want to keep improving like I did in Le Mans – I am sure that we have the potential to be better. I want to give my all this weekend and we will see where we can be.”

Team Manager Daniel Epp adds, “If we can get the settings of the bike right straight away, I am sure the potential to be further in front in the race is there.”