The 30 year old determined Australian who now resides in Andorra wants to get back on his bike, to be with his team and do what he does best.

"I'm feeling pretty good at the moment, I'm walking around normally now on the leg, and I'm happy with my recovery.

"I've built up the calf muscle in my broken leg to equal the strength in my good leg and I've done plenty of calf-raisers to get the muscle bulk back.

"My ankle is now strong and I've got more movement then ever in the ankle since the operation. My Daytonas (racing boots) will be modified again before I race in Donington to suit my ankle and the rebuilt leg muscles and I'm having a full re-fit of the boot again at the German GP.

"I've been concentrating on my training since the operation and I'm back GP racing in 2 weeks so now I'm into the heavy end of the training program. I'm doing about 3 hours a day on the stationary cycle in two x 1.5 hour sessions and a fair bit of upper body weight training. I'm working with the trainers from Austria who were with me for my initial recovery period after the surgery and we're working out at my gym here in Andorra.

"Before the British GP, I'll be testing the bike for one day at Mallory Park in the UK. It's more just for me to get familiar with the bike again rather than testing any specifics. It will give me a chance to make sure I'm comfortable on the bike and in the leathers and that way I'm not wasting the first hour of the practice session at Donington.

"I've never really had a good race at Donington yet so maybe this year things will be better for me. I did not race there last year because of my wrist break and before that in 2000 I qualified on the front row but we had major problems with the tyre choice for the race. It turned out to be a wet and dry race and I finished nowhere on the wrong tyres in something like 17th or so.

"Prior to that in '99 I had a huge highsider on Craner Curve. What a massive get off that was, it was my second race on the bike.

So sure, I'm due for a good race there."