German Jenkner, who stems from Hohenstein-Ernstthal near the Sachsenring, has been involved in bike racing for the past 23 years, including eight years in the 125cc class, followed by a year in 250cc, and four years ago he returned to the GP paddock with Bridgestone as a tyre technician. He has come a long way since his first outings on a minibike in 1989. Do you still have fond memories of you’re your first World Championship race in 1997? It was extremely tough. In the first race I was lapped by Sakata and Rossi. That was in Malaysia in extreme heat and not so funny. I knew that I had to learn a lot in a short time in order to compete