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The bike was out of the setup. We had a lot of electrical issues all weekend. In the race, after three laps, I had to retire. On the warmup before the race, I was leading the session, and I had electrical issues again. The time I spent on the track, I was in the top 10 all the time, not far from the top riders. But unfortunately, I had not much experience. But hopefully I will talk to the team to go again next year. I would That's my target. I need to talk to the team and understand their plans as well. I don't know what they're going to do because Josh [Herrin] is doing well in the Super - bike. I don't know if they want to run two bikes or one bike. I'm fo- cused now on winning the champi- onship as soon as I can, and then we will see what happens. For sure, it's my target. When I accept - ed this challenge, it was for that. Try to win this championship and then a step. Honestly, I would like to finish my career on Baggers. Baggers? I wasn't expecting that. Yeah. I'm passionate! I love rac- ing. Whatever it is, I love racing. The other day in social media, some guys were writing about how Super - bike is taking the top-class riders into the National Championship, it is not fair. Everyone has a right to race whatever they want. So, as much as I have the opportunity for racing and enjoying the bike, I'm going to race. I don't care where. If it's MotoGP or if it's the Italian Championship, I don't care. I like racing. I enjoy racing. It's my passion. So, when I came here and I saw the Baggers for the first time, and looking at how they fast go... Kyle Wyman was faster than me yesterday! I said, "why not try this?" It's a new challenge in terms of future because I would like to stay for a few years here in America, discovering new things. If I can bring my wife and my baby here and we have jobs here and I'm racing and enjoying, what's the reason to come back to Europe? So, that's my plan. It's different to Danilo Petrucci and Loris Baz who wanted to get back to Europe. Me, no. That's not my plan. For sure, every year I have any options, like to try to win that race. What are your thoughts on Road America, Road Atlanta? You've raced Road Atlanta before. Those tracks are very dif- ferent to European circuits. When I accepted this chal- lenge, everyone was telling me, "Be careful with the tracks, they're dangerous. The tracks are not like European ones." But honestly, I was coming from BSB where the tracks are crazy. So, at the moment, the tracks we rode, I felt super good and quite safe. Road America with the new pavement is really nice. I enjoyed racing there a lot. The Ridge was super nice for me. I was enjoying my laps there. Barber is nice. Road Atlanta is the one I knew from the past, and this one. So, the rest of the circuits are new, but for the mo- ment, the experience has been really positive. As the circuit ex- periences and safety, I feel okay. Is the plan to get to Superbike for next year? There's been plenty of Dunlop number ones this year for Xavi. TRY TO WIN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP AND THEN A STEP. HONESTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO FINISH MY CAREER ON BAGGERS. INTERVIEW I MOTOAMERICA ROAD RACER XAVI FORES P96