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De Angelis hoping to repeat past results

Alex de Angelis hopes to go back to the future in Germany this weekend as the San Marinese rider struggles to score points with the Honda Gresini bike this season. A string of strong results at the Sachsenring in the past is food for thought, however, as the 25-year-old looks to better his eleventh place at Laguna Seca.

His best result so far this season came at the very first hurdle as the Gresini achieved sixth position in the season-opening Qatar night race. Having registered only one top ten result since then, however, Alex hopes history repeats itself this weekend.

De Angelis missed the top ten by less than a second in America

"I have had so many good results at Sachsenring in the past, just the kind of results we could do with right now!" he laughed. "Unfortunately, we made the wrong choice with the settings for the race at Laguna but there were a lot of positives about the weekend as a whole and we are looking to bring those to the fore in Germany.

"The German Grand Prix is definitely one of my favourites - I have a lot of affection for the Sachsenring circuit because I took my first pole there and I was on the podium every year from 2002 to 2007; the track is very technical, varied and without any long straights so it is important to have a good chassis setup - more so than a powerful engine. We're going through a difficult phase right now but we won't give up."

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