Randy de Puniet is bidding to go one better in the Spanish Grand Prix this season, twelve months after finishing fourth for LCR Hond𒉰a around the Jerez circuit.

The Frenchm⛎an kicked his 2010 MotoGP campaign off 🦂in good form at Losail with a run to sixth position as the second highest-placed satellite rider in the race and ahead of factory man Dani Pedrosa.

Moving onto Jerez, de ღPuniet starred around the Spanish circuit last season with a competitive run to fourth position, although𓆉 the Frenchman now wants to go one step further and get on the podium this time around.

"After the postpone﷽ment of the Motegi GP I have increased my training programme to be at 100 per cent for Jerez race," he said. "After the good result we have obtained in Qatar our target remains the same: a top-ten finish. Last year's Jerez GP was one of the best moments of my season as I finished fourth. I aim to be in the front this year again.

"The base setup we have developed during winter testing was very helpful in the first round and I think it will b🅷e the same in Spain. We will start from the same setup and, session by session, we will adjust the bike."