The immediate comments from Rossi, Barros and Biaggi after Saturday's official races in Spain

Valentino Rossi:

“I'm happy for this third pole;

coming first in the official races on Saturday has never been my greatest specialty.

As mentioned, I am very happy and during this test session I was also able to see Barros up close, who had a good qualifying today.

This Jerez track is a different one than Welkom;

in South Africa the track was more cross than speed.

Here it is better to arrive clean and take advantage of the grip that is there rather than drifting."

Alex Barros:

“I'm 1st in the 2-stroke.

It's been a long time since I've been able to stay in front.


I felt very comfortable here, we all worked great and managed to set a good time.

You can see that the 4 strokes are stronger, easier to ride.

We'll see tomorrow."

Max Biaggi:

“The problems are always the same.

It's useless to always say the same things...until something changes there won't be any way to improve.

When I'm on the track I feel really slow and I see the other 2 times passing me as if I were a beginner.

Every time I go back to the pits I always say the same things... this story has been going on for a year now.

I don't know what to do anymore: I keep asking but I get nothing.

Then in the end it's normal for there to be a bit of annoyance.

I speak, I bend, I always try to give my best and I get nothing in return. It's logical that I feel a little annoyed.