Teammate Dani Pedrosa (fourth in the standings) is looking to regain his confidence and return to a more usual pace for him.
‰ÛÏMy main goal at the moment is to regain some confidence and feeling and then build upon that," Pedrosa said.
"The work we did during the Brno post-race test gave us a few ideas and we‰Ûªll see now if we‰Ûªre able to start to find some more speed in the next races. Silverstone is a challenging venue with many changes of direction that require a lot of work on the bike‰Ûªs settings.
"Another important topic is the weather, which is often quite unpredictable, and that also makes it demanding to set up the bike, to choose tyres and so on. The morning practices and the afternoon practice often give you different feelings. The track is very fast, quite winding, and it‰Ûªs not easy. Once you get going though, things get better and everything gets more flowing on race day.‰Û