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Five days before the first race of 2019, Britain’s most successful rider since Barry Sheene tells us his secrets

This interview was conducted last season, before Crutchlow had his monster crash at Phillip Island, but everything still holds true…

MotoGP is three seasons into its technical new regulations, so how has your technique changed?

The biggest change for me was coming from Superbikes to MotoGP, but within that the biggest thing was the tyres, going from Pirelli to Bridgestones, which were so not what I was used to, you can’t even imagine. I still think I have a superbike style, the way I hang off the bike. I don’t put my elbow on the ground, which is the new MotoGP style. You see some idiots sticking out their elbow in the middle of the corner to get it on the floor, [Marc] Márquez style. There’s absolutely no need, it’s just because Marc does it. It’s ridiculous to watch.