MotoGP Phillip Island, Free Practice: Valentino Rossi “Today was not an easy day”
Valentino Rossi expected much more than the thirteenth time on the first day of testing for the Australian Grand Prix, once a land of conquests. The Ducati rider from Pesaro didn't have an easy day, the results obtained here by Ducati and his team promised a completely different start to the weekend but that wasn't the case. The rider from Pesaro has no feeling with the front end and the micro fracture he suffered at Motegi doesn't help him. The word is up to him.
“Today was not an easy day especially because we expected to go better, like in Motegi two weeks ago, because this is a favorable track for Ducati. We started with the same set-up, with just a few small adjustments to the fork but the sensations were not the same. Today I wasn't able to ride well, partly due to the pain in the finger of my left hand, which bothered me more than expected, but above all because I have no feeling, I can't brake and enter corners strongly. Tomorrow we will intervene with stronger painkillers for the hand and from a technical point of view we will look for a different solution for the front, to do better than thirteenth position. We won't change the settings, we'll probably move the position of the front wheel but we're talking about small changes."
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and what a drag... rather than saying "I have no feeling, I can't brake and enter corners strongly" you're not capable of doing...
The Ducati has turned your bike upside down and you can't do anything at all... the problem is not the Ducati, but the rider...
…the moment you leave Ducati, someone will probably want to tell it like it is…the most OVERRATED RIDER-TEST-DRIVER-GOD in the history of motorcycling…BUF.FONE…
Too many people hanging on to Stoner's skirt.
Hats off to his great talent but Ducati must be able to get along well with other riders too. Even if you are against Valentino
it's not like the other Ducatis are fighting to win.
Did you notice it?
Or did you want to keep Stoner until he turned 60?
the moment you leave ducati then everyone will understand that it was actually ducati that didn't work at all, since you will win with another brand
Will he win with another brand? and which? given that there has been scorched earth all around, it's RIGHT that you don't find any team among those that can compete for victories!
Bunch of charlatan acrobats, why don't you go there with your useless chatter to develop Ducati? Everyone is attacking Rossi, does it ever occur to you that maybe there is something wrong with the general management of the Team? Or something just wrong with the project? No huh? It's only Valentino Rossi's fault, right? But go and clear the trees!!!!
ducatrists you make me laugh!!!!!! you are sorry like the desmocess....you said it right ale and you too Marco!!!!!!
...the moment you leave, everyone will understand that Ducati wasn't good, especially the one they're building under your instructions...right ale???
I don't understand what fault Valentino has in this case: he doesn't complain about the bike, he simply said he doesn't have feeling with the front (and that his hand hurts)... _exactly_ what Dovi said (which is only 2 tenths faster).
Pedrosa is over a second(!) from Stoner and complains about the asphalt... Hayden about the asphalt and the potholes.
Because if Valentino only says he doesn't have feeling with the front he's a complaining bastard and if Dovi says so, no one will say a word?
Hello
Marco
scorched earth? but have you seen mgp in the last 9 years lemmy ????? I wouldn't be surprised if Yamaha wants the king back for 2013 given Lorenzo's results with the m1 who flew with the 46 on the fairing and don't say that last year you played them for him because he's worth it even with crutches and he got ahead of him!!!!
everything normal, the usual complaints, plus the little finger (hahaha) expected to go better like in Motegi???? same detachment and fall, meh.
stop it, no one believes you, DUCATI track, let's not forget it.
shitty Dukati fans.. if the problem is Rossi then where is Hayden? .. is it light years ahead? ahahahha the ducati is a great piece of shitty, disgusting motorbike, it is also the ugliest ever... ducati motorbike broken down motorbike CLARO????
duscasti, precious, and all the ducakati engineering go home because you are incompetent stupid with your ignorant philosophies an entire season and 8 days of testing you haven't solved anything shit 1.5 yes bekka, I've turned the bike upside down but not the philosophy well congratulations now it's it's all the fault of rossi melandri baylis capirossi gibernau etc.. because these riders are incapable.. they don't know how to drive.. but screw it.. you suck klab ducati with unbolted bolts
complain and since the beginning of the year he hasn't said so...
could it be a psychological crisis???
will he have to go to the same doctor as melandri????
This time he is losing the psychological battle, albeit at a distance....
it was time for him to return to normal
a sportsman always does skits, not just when he wins
when he loses he takes half an hour to show up...
Come on, no one would have thought that he could win the World Cup, apart from his Taliban fans... but not that far behind either.
It is said that he is working on the development, that HE has always developed and indicated how the bikes should have been, but why does every modification invoked NOT WORK?? Because even if small, progress must be seen and instead it was a crescendo... of worsening.
I consider him a great driver, but he has been compared to the Creator, perhaps, perhaps he should be scaled down.
Do we stick to Stoner's skirt? Eh! I really think that's the case... at least one person who was sometimes exciting was there, now just another one in the background.
To be fair, I say that the Ducati is a dump (I support Ducati) but after a season of racing I hypothesized an improvement was plausible, also because it was said that in the first disputes it expressed little due to the missed tests due to the shoulder (a phantom percentage of improvement every time it was extrapolated with some strange and rare instrument)... but now it's getting embarrassing...
Stoner on Ducati 2nd free practice
2010 = 1:31.243
Rossi on Ducati 2nd free practice
2011 = 1:32.014
I don't understand one thing: Rossi 9 times champion
and with a reputation as a great motorcycle developer
he manages to work "miracles" and he succeeded
to run less fast than stoner a year ago!
but! maybe Stoner is the real doctor
and Valentino is just a nurse!
Wouldn't it be better to moderate the terms???
@bibo
...sorry if I contradict you, but he needs a psychiatrist more than a psychologist...
valentino cuts off his little finger. the great Troy cut it off, you don't need it good god come on gasss
house, you're pissed off, the bad Ducati doesn't let Mr 46 win?? and are you "rightly" throwing tantrums? Ducati sucks??? hahahhaha now you have to remove the 46 sticker from the scooter hahaha.
poor things, what a pity
Not even Stoner and Lorenzo would allow themselves to say certain things about Valentino, even if they perhaps know more about it. Maybe it was better to play trumps at the bar rather than alone in front of a computer
speed, on the side of 46 there are + 28°
in fact in FP2 in 2010 they were 12th
today in fp2 it was 44° referring to the asphalt
think a little.
…. It's truly horrifying to read all this evil... whether they are towards Valentino or Ducati.
Just one comment: how much gratuitous malice….
Then the track got worse, so the comparison with last year is quite useless...
As in many other parts the conditions are TOO different from last year…
Having said that: do you realize the HUGE improvement that Honda and (slightly less) Yamaha have made?!?…
Then now you always write the same things, but anyway you always write about ROSSI, why don't you enjoy the victories of your idol?
Another thing: calm down, until some time ago stadium cheering wasn't present here...
Are you bringing it, so it becomes the same as other sites?!?…
THAT'S ENOUGH!
An interesting thing emerged from the comments I read that I agree with:
Ducati let Stoner go, being sure that with Rossi they would still go strong but I wonder why this choice was made!
Stoner was very strong on the Ducati even though his development was decidedly lower than this year's. For Rossi the bike was turned upside down several times and a lot of money was spent, Stoner is younger than Rossi and his contract is much less expensive, they could have paid moreover, the Australian would give him technical guarantees and probably today Ducati would win again, saving a lot of money and damage to its image!
How stupid!!!!!
When Biaggi was there it was the rider's fault they said: the champion rides over problems... I agree... but if it was true for him it also applies to Rossi.
I just hope that next year things will improve. This year the feeling is that I've given up on the oars.
But why is Nicky always ahead of the mark in free practice and with one step...? I believe it is that Valentino is trying everything but not to compete but to try all the possible solutions for next year...now there is no point in risking falling for a world championship already assigned...now we need tests and tests,...I believe that the next year he will always be on the podium…
X House ... the Ducati that you call you broken bolts I would like to have that bolt I would certainly have a value in your hand even after 10 years you can find your jappo only find it at the second -hand market and who knows if they buy it ... today with a Monster of 10 years you have a value. .
I repeat myself... there is no point in risking now with a world championship already assigned, now the sense is only to understand the various solutions to be adopted on a motorbike that is under construction and we will definitively see next year no more or less than what Vale wants... now we have to just trying out all the innovations that Ducati provides and apparently there are many..never happened in history..Ducati but much less in Yamaha Suzuki Kawasaki etc..I remember that Honda will win after six years of preparation..
...let me understand, they tried solutions on 1000 which then turned out to be unsuccessful on 800...now you want us to believe that he is trying solutions on 800 which will then be mounted on 1000 (...this is to excuse him for the gap with Haiden)...maybe it's better than not You shoot bullshit neither him nor his fans... GET TREATED WHILE YOU HAVE TIME PAGLIA.CCIO...
red
understand
baylis
gibernau
melancholy
of punishment
do we want to judge these pilots? is it a motorcycle problem? pilot? or an engineer?
these guys are all world champions.. dear ducati and precious: don't act precious, it's all your fault
among us someone works.. there.. in a small factory called DUCATI in a small Borgo Panigale here goes our courage and our strength to these people DUCATI to all its staff to all the employees and workers of Borgo Panigale you are ours colors and our Italian pride Forza Ragazzi and Forza Valentino we will get out of this break.. we don't win, never mind, there will be better times.. you have already given us many wins
over 300 in SBK other than Jappo of the boots... more are arriving in SSTK... and with our traditions, engine-bearing pylon, thanks to these victories the company has recorded an excellent 63% increase in sales despite the costs of a Ducati ...well done and strength to everyone and to Valentini, the champion after Agostini no one else..
house has indicated riders who have nothing to do with ducati because they haven't won anything even with the other manufacturers except the great Vale..Bayliss for news is a pure ducatista 52 grand prix in SBK and three world titles but what are you saying..and one race in Motogp...who are the others...there's only one thing...but he's the champion
how many Rossistas who do not accept the harsh reality of the facts (sporting speaking it is): The Ducati is not the best bike on the market, of course, but the king of riders cannot tame it, and the king of developers cannot improve it!!! ! who knows how that guy Stoner managed to go so fast, who is clearly stealing his second world championship, and the second in a row after the one that Lorenzo, another guy, stole last season!!!! (obviously this is the thought of the average Valentino fan)
It's not my opinion..I say that Rossi doesn't fit on Ducatis, period! It's not his bike, it's not suitable for him, he feels uncomfortable even sitting on it..All of this doesn't take anything away from Rossi's greatness, for someone who won in 125 250 500 800 and 1000cc!..he's not strong, it's obvious..was he more stoner on that bike? yes!! Is stoner stronger than red? no!
I, on the other hand, have the impression that a certain Preziosi doesn't know how to do his job well...enough with a motorbike that is a 2-wheeled wardrobe, how do they hope to win? We all understand that in Ducati the sales department = moto gp...but with these traditionalist solutions aren't going anywhere... you need a perimeter frame. Stoner won the world championship due to the performance of the tires... and because the Ducati wasn't that stiff, period. After that year I saw him fall more than win. The doctor will also fix this bike... and the others will join him like at Laguna Seca 2008 ;)
…you're pathetic!!!