Bancaja Aprilia's Bradley Smith will go to this weekend's 125cc Dutch TT at Assen with an upgraded motor after a successful test at Valencia which followed the Catalan MotoGP meeting.
The Oxfordshire teenager, who is second in the points table behind team-mate Julian Simon, is putting the bittersweet result in Spain behind him and looking forward to racing at the Circuit Van Drenthe.
"After finishing eighth at Montmeló I'm looking forward to getting to Assen and fighting for a top finish. It wasn't a bad result and I'm still only a point and a half behind Julito but I was left with a bittersweet taste after that race," said Smith.
"We have to think positive and keep working in the same way we have up to now. The Dutch TT last year was a strange race because of the red flag but I think I finished fifth, which isn't a bad result. I really enjoy riding at Assen - a lot of people I speak to say the old circuit was even more fun but I never had the chance to ride it.
"The first section is a bit slow and personally I prefer the second half of the lap because it's really quick. I think the work we did at the Valencia test should pay off because we improved engine performance."
