Loris Capirossi:

''I think, for me, today this is a very fantastic day because I win my second race in😼 500, although this second win is much better than the first one. I think this race is fantastic, especially because I was in It𒁃aly with my people. I am so, so happy.''

''I started in thi🌺rd position, but I o🌠vertook Roberts and Valentino [Rossi], and tried to get far away. After maybe 15 laps I had a little bit of a problem with my rear tyre, and I had to go a more slowly, so Valentino and Max [Biaggi] were able to come back to me. But, on the last lap, I think it's fantastic, because I overtook Max twice, and he made a few mistakes and crashed.''

''My team is working so well, beca🤪use they stay near to me [at the time that] everything is not working so good.''

Carlos Checa:

''I've never led the championship before, so this is great! But there are still ten races to go, so anything can happen. We'll♋ just try and stay ൩focused.''

''The race was tough, and I didn't feel totally comfortable, so I was just working at maintaining my pace and position. There w🎃ere a🧔 lot of crashes today but mistakes happen, especially when you've got three Italians hungry to win their home GP. I would've preferred to get second without guys falling ahead of me, but these things happen in racing.''

Jeremy McWilliams:

''I'm so happy, it's OK to end up on the podium. I thought I rode quite well to get what I deserved - which was a fifth out of the race - but racing is racing. Everybody was having tyre trouble, including myself, and there was a lot of crashing ๊at the end of the race.''

''I'm on the podium, and delighted for Aprilia. I think we deserve to be here. I could've been here before, but I made some mistakes in Le Mans, crashed in Jerez, so it's about time that fifth place came along! Hopefully there'll be lots more to it, but I would've liked this sooner rather than later. For it to happen in ಌMugello is incredible.''

''The Aprilia is pretty much working and, in the end, they asked me what bike I wanted to run on, and we took a big gamble and ran the new bike. The new bike works very, very well on the brakes, but I was having trouble on the brakes. I had trouble with them in qualifying, and crashed twice, but I still think this was the best decision. I may not be able to put as fast a lap in, but my consistency is a lot better, and there's a margin of error. In other words, when I brake quite late, it's going to fall on the forks every time. The bike suits me. We're going to stay o🅘n and test it a little bit more, so that can change it quite a bit. I've got to be happy with the results after a pretty abysmal, shit, crap qualifying. I was very, very annoyed about my qualifying, but we're all happy now.''

Valentino Rossi:

''Today I was a little bit unlucky, but it was a good race for all the Italian fans. There were three Italians in the first three positions, but I tried to push and, after a while, I lost the front and I crashed. Maybe neဣxt time.''

Max Biaggi:

''That was a great race for the fans,ඣ and I did everything I could. I think I rode a great race until the crash. I knew it was going to be hard getting in front and s෴taying there, because the Hondas were very fast, but it was such a close fight. I wanted to win so much, but I would've been happy enough with second. It's a real shame that I crashed, because I touched Capirossi's rear tyre with my brake lever.''