Barros targets win

Brazilian veteran Alex Barros believes he is capable of making a winning return to the MotoGP world championship in 2007.

The 36-year-old is back in the premier class after a year with in World Superbikes with the Klaffi Honda team and is riding for the D’Antin Ducati squad this season.

The former factory Honda and Yamaha MotoGP rider is getting help from Ducati and Bridgestone even though he is in satellite non-factory squad and he said: “The bike is good and if things aren’t good I can’t be so fast. The target is to win races and I hope to do that.”

Barros reckons the electronics are his new GP7 Desmosedici are the strong point and as he prepares for the season and said: “The engine with Ducati is always very fast but the power delivery is a little aggressive at the bottom.

“At the moment I don’t have such a big problem with that. The electronics are the strong point.”