Monster Yamaha's James Toseland reckons he needs a bit of good luck and some more time aboard his 2009 Yamaha YZR-M1 and he will be able to start replicating his results from this time last year.
The two-time World Superbike Champion had a coming together with Pramac Ducati's Mika Kallio in the early part of last night's floodlit MotoGP race and ended up rolling into the gravel, which put paid to the chances of a decent result.
“It has been a difficult weekend to say the least and I know we have got a long way to catch up. This race was almost like a test for me, and like in testing, I didn't have a lot of luck out there," said the Yorkshireman.
"I felt like I could fight for the top ten but Toni Elias came up the inside of me at the final corner as I was closing on Randy de Puniet and Mika Kallio. He touched me and I went off into the gravel and that left me out of the points unfortunately.
"We tried a different front-end setting for the race to try and solve some stability issues I've been having, and there is plenty of room for improvement. I just need time on the bike and a bit of luck to go my way. My guys have put in a lot of effort this weekend and I'm confident I can get a good result in Japan for the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team.”
