Such a frustrating end to the season in Valencia, which cost me seventh place in the World Championship and my Monster Tech 3 team third in the Team’s Title race.

At the start of the race I had the two Espargaro brothers (Pol and Aleix) attacking me, which I fully expected.

There were fast moves, but nothing that was dirty and the good thing was I was able to pull away from them, setting a really good pace in sixth place.

I was super consistent with the lap times, but was not catching the Ducatis in front of me.

I was holding my station which was positive.

Then the rain started to fall on some parts of the track and unfortunately I tucked the front end braking for turn eight and had to run straight on into the tarmac run off area.

I knew the rules if this happened which stated I could re-join the track as long as I did not takes any advantage in positions or time.

The plan was to run on and re-join the race at turn 13.

During my trip through the gravel to make that move I was blocked by some marshals who did not seem to know the rules as well as me.

They would not let me take the short cut to turn 13, which meant I had to turn round and re-join the track at turn eight which lost me more than 30 seconds especially when the bike went down in the gravel.

I tried to regain as much time as I could and was one of the fastest guys in the last few laps, but could only fight back to 14th.

It certainly was frustrating knowing I had done the right thing, but I was pleased that I always go into every minute detail before the race and understood the rules.

It happens, but I can’t be happy that it interfered with my race.

And the really big thing that it prevented me finishing seventh in the World Championship and cost the Monster Tech 3 Yamaha team third place in the Teams Championship.

We can’t change what happened, but Race Direction are having a look at all the circumstances, but that will not change the result or those Championship standings.

There is no rest for a MotoGP rider and certainly no partying Sunday night, with 2015 testing in Valencia at noon on Monday.

Honda gave Marc Marquez the day off to celebrate with his brother, Moto3 World Champion Alex, while we got down to the business.

It was a really strong start and the great thing was that we got to try the new 2015 bike.

To be honest, we just used a base setting and didn’t experiment too much with any modifications as I just wanted a run on the bike in order to understand it more.

I was also able to test a new Bridgestone rear tyre which worked well and we tried some new electronic parts and upgrades from Yamaha that were also positive.

There were no negatives today and in fact we have already improved the lap time from qualifying as well as consistently riding in the 1.31s.

Finally, good luck to everybody competing in the Oxfordshire Sports Awards which take place later in the month.

I’ve been privileged to win on two occasions and looking at the entries this year whoever wins will be a very worthy successor.

Meanwhile, it’s scary to think that’s another season done, which is a shame after a much better second half. 

It’s been awesome because I’ve been able to find some real consistency with my riding. 

I’m really proud of my team which includes all the guys that work round me, not only at the track. 

So many people put so much of their own time to help me push on to the next step and we managed to turn the season round especially after that disaster in Germany. 

It fills me with a lot of confidence and positivity going into 2015.
It’s so good to find that attention to detail and having a long hard look at yourself can pay dividends. 

It can be so hard to be self-critical and to accept you are the weakest link, but in MotoGP that is the case. 

All of these guys are extremely talented and the bikes are amazing which makes results so very close. 

It’s how you ride the bike that makes the difference. 
When you get it right, like we did in the second half of the season, it gives you the incentive to push on. 

Getting the 2015 contract was a huge boost to not only my confidence, but also my sanity. 

It was great to prove the team’s confidence in me was right. 

The weekend in the Sachsenring could have seen me on a downward spiral. 

Thank you everyone in the BS team.