I had planned to write an entry on the flight to Monza last week but instead I got a big sleep in.  I’d driven through the night with Pippa and my chief mechanic Phil to get to Stansted in time for our connecting flight to Milan so we were pretty knackered!  THAT volcano decided to play havoc again causing our flight from Northern Ireland to England to be cancelled.  To be fair I’d have cycled to Monza if I’d known I was going to receive 25 points on Sunday afternoon!  That was a sweet sweet race won on turn one.  I received a great message from my friend Ben Parkinson via Twitter after the race.  It read, “They say you can’t win a race in the first corner, I’m not so sure.”

It was a great fortnight for me and my brothers with my back to back victories at Assen and Monza as well as Michael’s debut BSB victory and John’s debut BSB podium in between.  Our parents worked very hard to give us the opportunity to show our talents and we owe a lot to them.  I don’t think we ever imagined we’d achieve success at this level back when we were sat in a caravan in the fields of Donegal during our junior motocross days!

I was glued to the TV the weekend between Assen and Monza with the MotoGP from Jerez on Sunday followed by the BSB on Monday.  The Moto2 race was very exciting, I’ve read that Aspar will switch to the Suter chassis so expect Julian Simon to start kicking ass soon.  Tomizawa has been the revelation of Moto2 proving that the switch from the politically corrupt 250 category to the new equal opportunities 600 category was the right move.

Already people are asking where I’m going next season and my answer is as simple as this: I have two interests, WSB and Moto2.  Both are now stepping stones to MotoGP so my decision will be with the most competitive offer.  I want to continue winning races next season albeit in a different class and I believe that I can do that in both those series so long as the package is right.  I know all too well following my two seasons in 250GP that everything needs to be in place in order to fight for victory.

I’m in South Africa right now taking it easy having flown through the night.  I won the race here last year and i’d love to do the same again.  The title race has really tightened up between Lascorz, Sofuoglu and I so it’s going to be an exciting second half to the season.

Catch y’all again soon,

Eugene