MotoGP Barcelona, ​​Test: Valentino Rossi "We didn't have much new, I tried the aluminum swingarm again"

The rider from Pesaro tried various set-ups and the aluminum swingarm which however caused problems here

MotoGP Barcelona, ​​Test: Valentino Rossi "We didn't have much new, I tried the aluminum swingarm again"MotoGP Barcelona, ​​Test: Valentino Rossi "We didn't have much new, I tried the aluminum swingarm again"

Valentino Rossi he closed the collective MotoGP test in Barcelona with the 11th fastest time, after covering 56 laps. The rider from Pesaro tried different configurations on his bike to try to find the ideal set-up and then tried again the aluminum swingarm tested for the first time at Mugello and then here in Friday's free practice.

Rossi said: “We didn't have many new things so we concentrated on set-up tests trying many different configurations. In the end we had confirmation that the set-up we had identified for the race was precisely the best for this track. We tried the aluminum swingarm again, which could help us with regards to "grip" during acceleration, but here it triggers too much "chattering", unlike what happened in the tests at Mugello where it instead proved to be an advantage. It will therefore be interesting to try it again in Aragon next Wednesday."

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26 comments
  • gigetto said:

    A rider with big limitations, I didn't think so!

  • fatman said:

    ...let's face it, like it or not Vale is failing, at least until today...let's hope that Ducati mends its ways and, above all, "adjusts" its salary downwards!!!

    He doesn't lose much anyway, he doesn't pay taxes ah, ah!!!

    1. tester said:

      I agree and I support you.

  • micbatt said:

    Gnawed…. gnawed….

  • Davide said:

    It's not the fault of Valentino's salary if Ducati is a "gate"

    1. wlf said:

      no but it's his fault. He wanted it like this…

      1. F46 said:

        Actually, the bike is a gate not from 2011 but from much earlier. The fact that Stoner was able to win is thanks to him, to the Bridgestone tires of that year and to the control unit from Ferrari... oops... now with a little bit of chattering Stoner gets 4, but he wasn't the man of the 2 second lap ? Evidently when there are problems on the vehicle, it doesn't matter who you are since they don't run on foot. Ducati has obvious problems and has burned out many riders capable of winning races, must there be something big wrong with the bike or not?

      2. Davide said:

        Unfortunately, if it doesn't go with him either, it's better for the engineers to dedicate themselves to SBK.
        ..and not even Stoner could do better…

    2. tester said:

      but it's not even ducati's fault if they thought they had found the best test driver and rider ever.... that's what the blind people thought. hide that your friend ruined a motorcycle company by making it change its working method and destroying a glorious past. not to mention sbk...

      1. tester said:

        f46 but you have blindfolds and earplugs... but come and talk about stoners and chattering... but think about your 46 who no longer knows where to hide and what to say.

  • Dario said:

    Ducati only in SBK, the future is there, the prototypes no longer make sense, who notices a difference of 1 or 2 seconds per lap between the two categories? Perhaps you realize more that SBK leaves you with bated breath until the end, while in MotoGP if Rossi isn't competitive you fall asleep because the others almost always arrive and overtake Nisba as they start or on the straight if a motorbike it's much faster. We can also see that Simoncelli is missing, who at least like Rossi did overtakes and as he did them... and the others got pissed off because they are young ladies.

  • but according to you Valentino is the god on earth you don't want to simply admit that he has had his day and then he simply can't adapt to the DUCATI whoever writes that DUCATI is a gate but you are connected to the brain or you are stupid... I remind you that when STONER didn't win he wasn't seventh but second in the championship I would say a notable difference and in any case he was always in battle with valentino which doesn't seem like a small thing to me... so not much to say

    1. Davide said:

      Connect your brain…..technology changes from year to year so, if you understand a little about it, you know very well that comparisons cannot be made with the years back….

    2. Marco said:

      stoner was the only one who made the red gate go.
      phenomenon.
      but for the sake of truth the last year in which stoner fought for the world championship was 2008.
      the trend was always towards worsening.
      in 2010 he recovered at the end of the year by winning 3 races, for the rest races far from first (all the rankings on motogp.com) and many crashes, to try to get to the podium with a bike that often didn't even qualify for the podium at all .
      in the world championship he was fourth even behind the fractured and injured Rossi.
      for the sake of truth

    3. tester said:

      not to say that with that gate he was the most victorious in the 800th century era... thanks Valentino you destroyed a myth and now you don't even complain anymore because the Krauts are not like the Italians, they would report you for insulting their image and you would go home without a euro.

  • Francis said:

    but he won 3 races that's right Valentino won this shit mesa you're all pissed off here *****i sorry I hope this fucking ass Valentino leaves DUCATI AND GO AF* ***IT FROM ANOTHER SIDE

  • Francis said:

    it seems that he has reason in his pocket in reality that's all he's afraid of and he's not even capable of doing a fucking slide anymore but come on make me laugh.. hahhahahah valentino should have finished his career on another team like last year in yamaha at won…. answer

  • well done, I just hope that next year Valentino leaves DUCATI and goes to make a fool of himself with another team thanks... so then I want to see what you will be able to come up with..

  • The 2008 ranking doesn't seem as disastrous to me as Valentino's
    Valentino ROSSI Yamaha ITA 373
    2 Casey STONER Ducati AUS 280
    3 Dani PEDROSA Honda SPA 249
    4 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha SPA 190
    5 Andrea DOVIZIOSOHonda ITA 174
    6

  • sorry, the 2009 ranking was the one above

  • 2010 ranking speaks for itself
    1 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha SPA 383
    2 Dani PEDROSA Honda SPA 245
    3 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha ITA 233
    4 Casey STONER Ducati AUS 225
    5 Andrea DOVIZIOSOHonda ITA 206

  • 2011 ranking speaks for itself
    1 Casey STONER Honda AUS 350
    2 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha SPA 260
    3 Andrea DOVIZIOSOHonda ITA 228
    4 Dani PEDROSA Honda SPA 219
    5 Ben SPIES Yamaha USA 176
    6 Marco SIMONCELLIHonda ITA 139
    7 Valentino ROSSI Ducati ITA 139
    8 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati USA 132

  • I seem to see that stoner has never been in the general ranking below 4th place so the data speaks for itself byeeeeeee hahahahah

  • W_il_Sic said:

    Frustrated by a colorless life, without any intellectual quality, and what's more illiterate!
    You are only justified if Maghrebi immigrants are hidden behind your nicknames, otherwise the language in which you write is far from Italian.
    The only time you can feel like "someone" is when you spout this "stratospheric bullshit" on this forum.
    But what a corruption!
    But don't you see that you are the usual 3/4 brainless people who are counting on each other and no one even answers you?
    And get it over with!
    Go and masturbate, as usual, in front of a giant photo of a drifting Stoner and cleanse this site of your presence forever, please!

  • W_il_Sic said:

    PS

    That Stoner is not a great motorcycling talent, one of the greatest of all time is beyond doubt and no one has ever disputed it.

    But this talent of his does not make the Ducati MotoGP a motorcycle.

    The MOTOGP DUCATI, whether you like it or not, is a BROKEN GATE, a huge, immense, megagalactic TOILET! And not since Rossi has been there but since 2003. Year of debut.
    After that I bow and kneel in front of the Ducati Stradali and the Ducati in SBK.
    But MotoGP is prohibited for Ducati.
    Point!

    1. tester said:

      useless and rude person. I'll write it to you clearly even if he's not like me. you're a big dickhead.

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