Yamaha’s Anthony Gobert praised changes made to the New Hampshire International Speedway to increase rider safety.

In a taped interview conducted in Yamaha’s garage at NHIS, Gobert was asked by AMA Media Relations contractor Larry Lawrence to compare the road course as it is today to how it was when he last rode on it, in 1999. Gobert responded: “The track is 100 percent better now. When I first rode here in ’98 it was a little bit dodgy… there was no protection against the speedway outside wall. Now there’s Air Fence, they’ve got tires. A lot of parts of the track they’ve made it a lot safer and we thank the people here at Loudon for that. As a rider it’s much better to go out there riding that if you do have a problem that there is sufficient room to stop in time. They’ve definitely made a lot of improvements and right now it’s a fun little track.”

Gobert also commented on his ability to go well on the tight Loudon course, saying, “Nothing against Yamaha, but right now we’re a little bit down on horsepower, especially on the Superbike. So when we get to the fast tracks it just kills us, we really struggle. But at tracks like here and Sears Point there’s no real straightaways so I can use my skills through the corners to get a little bit of an edge.”