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Posted by Staff
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Tuesday, 05 February 2008 |
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ROSSI
FEELING POSITIVE AFTER IMPRESSIVE TIMES IN SEPANG
The second Fiat Yamaha Team test of 2008 began in Sepang, Malaysia today,
with Valentino Rossi picking up just where he left off at the same track 12 days
ago. After several teams opted to test at Phillip Island last week, it was a
somewhat depleted MotoGP field on track today and Rossi and new team-mate Jorge
Lorenzo shared the track with just seven other riders.
Rossi topped the time sheets today with a blistering best lap of
2’00.300, over 0.3 seconds faster than the existing best lap of Sepang, which
the Italian set himself back in 2006. Rossi set today’s time on a Bridgestone
qualifying tyre on his 62nd of 64 laps, but he also recorded improvements in his
times with race tyres as he continues development with his new tyre
manufacturer. Team-mate Lorenzo chose to stick to race tyres today and posted
the fourth fastest time with a lap of 2’02.654
Valentino Rossi:
“Today was a positive day for us and I really enjoyed myself. We
started to work more on the bike and to adjust the suspension and balance to
suit our tyres. I have a very good feeling and the lap times have improved
compared to last time, both with race tyres and with the qualifying tyre. It’s a
big deal changing tyres – not as big as changing bikes but all the same I have
needed time to understand how to ride the bike differently and now I’m learning
more and more how to get the best from the Bridgestones. My fitness has also
improved compared to last time and this is also helping me to ride better, so I
think that we’re in good shape at the moment.”
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