MotoGP Aragon: Valentino Rossi “We had technical problems, but the Hondas seem stronger”
Uphill start in Aragon for the nine-time world champion from Yamaha, only seventh
Valentino Rossi's first non-positive day in Aragon, scene of the fifth last race of the 2013 world championship. The rider from Pesaro had technical problems with his #1 bike and had to continue with the #2, which however did not have the settings of the Before. However, the Hondas proved to be faster and they (Yamaha) were unable to repeat what they did in the tests, also due to a less rubberized track and a decidedly higher temperature.
“Today we had some technical problems, I couldn't brake as I would have liked, probably due to a problem with the hydraulic system. We tried to resolve it, but then with 15 minutes to go we decided to use the second bike, which however wasn't set up like the first. However, we have some problems, which perhaps we didn't expect after the tests."
Why this difference with the tests which then allowed you to go fast in the subsequent races?
“Today it was much warmer, whereas then the temperature was 15° lower. The track was then rubberized, because the cars had raced and above all we had been able to use the soft one. Usually this problem (of the higher temperature) is solved by putting on the hard tire, but here Bridgestone has only brought the soft and extra hard tires, which, even according to other riders, cannot be used. Tomorrow, however, we will try a bike more similar to the tests. We know that here we suffer if we don't have the necessary grip to make the turns. Even Jorge, who was a little faster than me, struggled this afternoon and my goal is to go like him, even if it's tough here.”
So is there confirmation that this is a Honda track?
“We have a bit of a disadvantage compared to them, especially after a few laps. It's nothing new that this is a more Honda track, but after the tests we were more optimistic. This is also demonstrated by the performances of Bradl and Bautista, who went strong both in terms of "dry lap" and in terms of race pace.
As far as Bridgestone is concerned, wouldn't it be appropriate together with Honda to ask for a change?
“It's not easy, it's a political question, the timeframe is very long, we'll probably try something next year in February. Maybe they will bring to Valencia what we tried in Misano, which went very well."
So wouldn't fourth place be a bad result here?
“Not this time (laughs, ed.) it wouldn't be bad!”
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Yes, problems and problems, there are always problems, meanwhile Jorge and even those with the private ones are ahead of him, but he always has problems, but changing the record, right?!
Lorenzo declared practically the same things as Valentino...
“I didn't expect such a marked decline in performance as the laps went by. With the new tire it's not too bad, but then on the third, fourth and fifth laps the times go up a lot, even by half a second. We're all more or less like this, but I can't understand why we're going so much slower compared to the tests we did here a few months ago."
But yes, he's a long way ahead
...but come on, H...they're just free, there's time...and then it's a wild card...we're waiting for a new blockage of the site after the next victory, the canaries are like that...inferior, frustrated, nudists...a bit of everything ' ahahahahah…anyway 4 tenths of the same bike are really too many…I was hoping he would win them all by distance, so he would get away from the f@gli@ni…instead…what a pain ahahahahah!!!
And what does this have to do with anything?
The two factory Yamaha riders had the same problems (except for the technical failure Rossi had on the first bike).
Iannone had problems with the bike's GPS which, by not reading the position, was giving him power (or not) at random...
You talk about problems that always happen to Rossi, I simply pointed out to you that Lorenzo also had (and declared) the problems highlighted by Rossi (with the exception of the first bike)....
That's all, but by now we know that you only look at Rossi :)
My comment was in response to H.
When I started writing there was no fatman comment.
Hahaha great fatman!
bcs NO you're wrong, simply without using too many words or too many terms Jorge is much better And in everything!
I haven't read what Lorenzo said yet and I'll go straight away, but if you reported Lorenzo's more substantial statements, you can't say that they said the same things.
Read what Vale said, it's miles away from what you reported.
Vale had an infinite number of other things (brake, motor brake, etc.) that Lorenzo didn't mention, vibrations, he didn't give 100% on the flying lap, use of the second bike but without solving anything.
Do you think that Vale only talked about the consumption of the soft tire like Lorenzo?
And then I don't always talk only about the puppet's problems, no I always talk only because it's the biggest complainer you've ever seen!
It's in response to "but it's now known that you only look at reds"
X bcs and all interested parties:
I believe you have already seen the video of Valentino's statements, lasting over 2 minutes, compared to Lorenzo's 30 seconds, just to understand at "first glance" that it is not really true that Vale and Lorenzo complained of the same problems.
I recommend hearing Lorenzo too.
Vale's words can be found at the following address (provided you can read them)
http://www.video.mediaset.it/video/motogp/motogp/409992/rossi-troppi-problemi.html
H, but who wrote the opposite, sorry?
We talk about problems, not about who is stronger or less strong...
The problems complained of are the same.
Both riders have big problems with grip, and also with braking...
Lorenzo manages to patch things up, Rossi doesn't.
But I repeat that Rossi has never made a secret of the fact that Lorenzo currently has more...
Rossi began what is called the "descending parable" in 2010. For a series of reasons... You want the first real serious accident of his career (shoulder where the nerves were also heavily damaged, and Mugello). Let's add to this the two years with many difficulties at Ducati.
This seems clear and obvious to me, and is no mystery to the fans... Then the fans are another matter.
For me ligera, the forum relationship with you ends here.
It is clear that answering you is useless.
For me, replying to you was "annoying" after just a few of your replies.
You have demonstrated this in all our discussions.
Then:
Take good care of me.
Yet?
How many times do you want to rewrite it?
For me ligera, the forum relationship with you ends here.
It is clear that answering you is useless.
Replying to you was "annoying" after just a few of your replies.
You have demonstrated this in all our discussions.
Then:
Take good care of me.
Come on, rewrite it again they didn't understand.
For me ligera, the forum relationship with you ends here.
It is clear that answering you is useless.
For me, replying to you was "annoying" after just a few of your replies.
You have demonstrated this in all our discussions.
Then:
Take care of me.——
I'm writing here because it will surely be the most read article.
Have you seen the photo, or rather the simulation, of the wrinkles they make in MotoGP?
They took the M1 and tilted it to the lean angle (forming it with supports).
IMPRESSIVE!!!!
From the Onboard camera, Bradl had reached 60° of lean, Rossi at 59°, Rossi was in race simulation and was perhaps slower with the hard tire on the rear, while I think Bradl had a used soft one, we need to understand if that is the limit or they can bend more.
Vale didn't use hard tyres, only soft ones.
Bradl used the hard ones at the beginning and the soft ones on the last outing.
Bradl was faster than Vale even with the hard tyres.
Ronnie, what does this have to do with what I wrote????
I quoted a photo I saw on a site, not hard and soft tires…..
Excuse me for a moment, but wasn't it said that Valentino always had to give 100% because he wanted to stay with the leaders (Marquez, Lorenzo and Pedrosa)?
Excuse me for a moment, but after the Misano tests, hadn't you found solutions capable of making it improve?
Here he risks not even being with the seconds, but he says that HERE is in crisis.
Brake (hydraulic system) the lever was vibrating, engine braking, vibrations, bike moving, soft tires too soft and hard tires too hard, lack of grip to be fast in corners, he didn't give 100% on the flying lap, temperature and track tyres, use of second bike with no apparent improvements.
Do you have any others to add to the list?
He claims that Lorenzo was also in crisis this afternoon.
Maybe, I haven't read his statements yet, but even if it were, it is still a less black crisis than the one that the national Vale is going through.
Did you notice correctly? Dovizioso's Ducati is 125 thousandths away.
Question to Valentino fans:
Is it plausible that the gap suffered today was due to the bike?
922 thousandths from Marquez,
504 thousandths from Lorenzo.
We'll see if he can close the gap tomorrow.
Usually there are no big variations between the 2 days.
When it happened in Ducati, they blamed the bike, the problem is that they still try to unload on the bike, but here we're talking about a bike that won the 2012 world championship, let alone that it hasn't progressed like Honda, but we're always talking about a “motorbike lady”.
In Ducati, it was difficult to say (as I have always tried to do) that the problems were also Valentino's and not just the bike's, but not now, with "his" beloved Yamaha, "he" can't do the same times as Dovizioso and continue to find an infinite number of defects on the bike, without even saying that he rode at least a "little bit badly".
He talks about a wasted shift, where they weren't able to solve the problems, not even a little.
Am I remembering correctly or are we talking about a 9-time world champion?
Am I remembering correctly or are we talking about the crew chief wizard, Jeremy Burgess?
What do you do during practice when you are in the pits, starting at "maraffone"?
Enough, for goodness' sake!
A minimum of …….. please.
…well done ligera…I've been saying they've been complaining for a lifetime, it's a media product for the gullible, frustrated and nudists…the facts prove me right…
but there are no more traces of the undressed man... well he will be on some beach to comment.