Valentino Rossi will head into one of his home races this weekend at Mugello hoping to make it seven races in a row at the Italian track.
He dominated the last round at Le Mans and headed a Yamaha clean sweep of the podium, with Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo second and Tech3 Yamaha man Colin Edwards in third.
"Le Mans was fantastic and I am still feeling very happy when I think about it! We had a good test afterwards and did a lot of hard work with Bridgestone and on the general setting of our bike, so hopefully we have been able to improve our package even further," said The Doctor.
"Everyone knows that Mugello is one of my favourite tracks; I've won there six times in a row and now I want to make it seven! It's my home race and also the home race for a lot of our team and to race there is always something very special. It's fast and technical and we know it suits our bike so we will be aiming to be quick right from Friday morning. I hope the weather is good - for us and for all the fans - and then hopefully we can have a big Italian party!"