Gresini Honda's Marco Simoncelli is well aware that all eyes will be on him at this weekend's Mugello MotoGP round and he says that after his 'biggest mistake of the season' at Assen where he took out Jorge Lorenzo, he needs a good result in front of his home crowd.

Simoncelli was branded 'stupid' by Yamaha bosses after a cold-tyre highside spat him off and brought down Lorenzo. The Spaniard immediately called for the Italian to be banned and then said Simoncelli rode like he was on a PlayStation.

"My first reaction when I came into the box after the race, as well as bitterness and disappointment, was that I had been a fool because I could have waited. I made a mistake and it cost me dearly as well as involuntarily taking Lorenzo down too," said Simoncelli.

"I was sorry for him but more than that I am was for myself because I had thrown away a big opportunity. It was probably my biggest mistake of the season, I have reflected a lot on it and it will help me to grow. Now I just want to look ahead to Mugello with calmness and motivation.

"Everybody is expecting big things from me and I have to repay that faith with a positive result that will put recent history firmly behind us. I am fast, I have found a perfect feeling with the bike and I am extremely determined to prove it in a race.

"There will be a lot of fans packed around the hills of Mugello and I don't want to, and cannot afford to, disappoint them. I love the track, it is one of my favourites and I won my first race here in 2008 in 250 before finishing second to Pasini in a great battle in 2009. I can't wait to get back on track!”