MARCO MELANDRI (Ducati Marlboro Team) 15th in the championship on 41 points (-196)
"I was born a few kilometres from Misano and I really feel at home at this circuit. It is still quite a new circuit for us and this year they've altered turn one again. There are a lot of slow corners and it's not easy to overtake so qualifying well and getting a good start are even more important than usual. In the Brno test we found a few set-up modifications that I liked and we hope they also work at this track. Obviously it would give me great satisfaction to have a good race here - more than anything for the team."

THE TRACK
The Misano Autodrome was built in the early 1970s, measuring a mere 3.488km in its original form. In 1993 it was extended to 4.060km before further modifications between 1996 and 1998 saw the pit garage and paddock complex extended and updated. The biggest changes to the circuit took place in 2006, when the track was lengthened to 4.180km and radically reversed from clockwise to anti-clockwise. The biggest changes to the corners were at Rio and Carro. In general it is a tight track, characterised by a prevalence of slow corners - other than the fast and extremely demanding 'Curvone' right-hander.

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