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Melandri looking forward to home Grand Prix

In the upcoming weekend the MotoGP riders will travel to Italy for the sixth round in the MotoGP championship. The race will be held at the Mugello track. Gresini rider Marco Melandri is looking forward to his home Grand Prix challenge already.

Speaking about the upcoming race Melandri said: "I am very excited to be going to Mugello, my home GP, after our recent success in Le Mans. The home GP always gives a special feeling so it is going to be an enjoyable but hard weekend I am sure. Mugello is one of the most technical tracks we visit in the championship. My favourite parts are the big chicanes and the fast corners heading into the hairpin.

"Bridgestone has given us competitive tyres in the first five races of the season and they have seemed to perform well at Mugello in recent years, I believe, so I am sure they will do well this year with the 800cc bikes. We have been focussing a lot recently on the bike set-up and we have also worked on tyres. For Mugello, we will use the same type of tyre that we used in Le Mans, tyres that showed a good level of performance in the dry conditions, but the compounds will be adjusted to suit the technical characteristics of the Mugello track. I am looking forward to more success like we had in Le Mans at the last race, particularly in front of all the passionate Italian fans."

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