Reigning 125cc World Champion Mike di Meglio could well have an advantage over the rest of the current 250cc opponents this weekend, being he is only one of the small amount in the class to have actually competed at The Brickyard.

While last season’s initial event day at Indy was interrupted for the 250cc session when Hurricane Ike came about, creating the cancellation of the category race, Di Meglio ran in the stunted 125cc event, having placed second on the grid.  Though he ended up in tenth place whilst creating valuable points which allowed his title win, the Frenchman obviously understands the requirements needed to compete on the pace at the historic US arena.

“None of the riders know the track too well because we didn’t get too much dry track time last year so it will be like starting from scratch,” he commented. “In 2008 the weekend went quite well for me before the race, but then I ran into some mechanical problems. This year want to make sure I learn as much as I can on my 250cc machine and have a better race. It is not one of my favourite tracks but it is a great place and I’m confident I can go fast there.”

The Mapfre Aspar competitor is currently 11th in the rankings following 10 events of his novice 250cc campaign and prior time out in Brno he finished over the line in ninth place. “In the Czech Republic I was running with the front group up until I went off track,” continued the 21 year-old, “so this weekend I just want to finish as high up as possible. Every weekend we are working as hard as we can but small errors seem to be taking us away from the positions we want to finish in, so we want to avoid any mistakes at Indianapolis.”