However, the season was a disaster. At Istanbul he triggered a four-bike collision, missing his braking point into a corner on lap 1 and hitting Colin Edwards, with Dani Pedrosa and Chris Vermeulen also getting caught up.
However, the season was unsuccessful. At Istanbul, an incident involving multiple bikes occurred when the rider missed his braking point on lap 1 and collided with Colin Edwards, affecting Dani Pedrosa and Chris Vermeulen as well.