MotoGP: Valentino Rossi “I didn't mount the soft tire because we have a lot of chatter”
The Pesaro rider finished 9th, trailing both Hayden's and Barberà's Ducatis
Valentino Rossi he finishes the second free practice session at Mugello in 9th place just under a second behind. The gap from the leaders, unlike what happens on other tracks, is not very high, but Both Nicky Hayden and Hector Barberà did better than him who finished 3rd and 4th fastest, one tenth behind Lorenzo.
“This afternoon we wanted to do a long run to check the durability of the tires but I had to interrupt it due to chattering problems. We had changed the fork settings compared to the morning and perhaps that was the cause because then, when we returned to the previous ones and made other small changes to the set-up, it immediately went a little better. However, I continued to use the same tire for the entire session, around twenty laps, and I did my "best" at the last. Tomorrow we will try to do a long outing again even if there shouldn't be any major problems with temperature and duration here. Today we didn't mount the soft, so tomorrow we'll see our potential with that too. There are still a few aspects to sort out, especially for the second half of the track because I'm very fast in the first part. We have some ideas, we'll see tomorrow."
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It's true, he set the 9th time but always rode on the hard tires (like almost everyone else) and were used a lot. Hayden and Barbera instead mounted the soft tires (it should be explicitly stated in the article). Bye!
And not only!!!
Hayden, without taking anything away from his skill, in all three outings he did, practically ALWAYS lapped at the same times as Rossi (the times are published just go and look at them, and that is over 1,49) except for only one I ride with the soft behind and in Rossi's wake.
But – I repeat – I'm not saying this because I have something against Hayden, on the contrary!
but it really pisses me off now to think about starting to read all these prophets who will rush to write that Rossi is the usual "boiled chicken" because his teammate is ahead of him in the "free practice"!
So...as I always say, the race is Sunday!
And on Sunday you will see the usual Ducati again (the riders are not to blame, they do what they can with the GIRMI they have at their disposal) behind the Hondas and Yamahas, Officials and Customers, just a little ahead of the CRTs.
In fact, people should begin to understand that it is useless to fight each other for these reasons because the two pilots are absolutely innocent! Tomorrow we will settle into yet another usual race with the leading group Lorenzo-Honda HRC, then the Yamaha tech 3 and then we will find our official Ducatis, Barbera and Bautista! I'm a Nicky fan, I'm happy with the position obtained but I'm not rejoicing, it's only Friday, I know that tomorrow and Sunday these performances won't be repeated, I also know that today they did two different jobs, if I had been with Rossi I would have taken a soft one but shot at the end! the problem is the bike, there is no boiled Rossi or anything else, the limit of the Ducati is simply this!
Maaaa…. Am I the only one starting to have doubts about Jap tires? I don't think chattering was among the various Ducati problems, it's coming out now, isn't it time to change supplier again? …Well…
HERE ARE THE "LITTLE FANS" OF THE "INTERGALACTIC PHENOMENON" UNLEASHED AGAINST ROSSI "HE'S BEHIND BARBERA' HE'S BEHIND HAYDEN ETC.. ETC.."
AS ALWAYS IN TESTING, THEN ON SUNDAY THE 46 IS ALWAYS THE FIRST DUCATI AND EVERYONE SHUT UP.. BUT EXPERIENCE TEACHES YOU NOTHING...?? CAN YOU ONLY WRITE IDI0ZIES...??
But what comments did you read? You answered us so I think you answer us and we Rossi defended him
I know mcniki, I replied here because I wanted my post to be clearly visible at the top and not at the bottom of the comments.. Obviously this is not an answer to you who think like me..
There is always a culprit, Ducatis have never had chatter, if he succeeded, phenomenon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BUT YOU, don't you ever go to the beach??????
Damn!
There is rodent control against rats.
There is an insecticide against flies.
AUTAN against mosquitoes,
Is it possible that there is no way to get rid of a nuisance like you????
Not being a member of the swill 46 am I a nuisance for you? Aren't you the one bothering you with your snack friends? Is it possible that one cannot write what he sees? or do you write what he believes?? I write what I see. Maybe it's all complicated for you. Don't even dare to write the things written above, understand, genius? the usual idiot@ behind the headboard. express an opinion (if you have one) on the races. nervous for 46 the tavulli-ani
No, dear, the problem is not what you write, but that you always, ALWAYS, ALWAYS write the same things without interruption, without stopping without a minimum of technical value, or SPORTSMAN commentary... SPORTSMAN!!!!
Do you understand this term unknown to you?
You write, only and exclusively, to vomit shit on Rossi!
If you want to be appreciated, grow up a little…but I have little hope for that!
usually since the beginning of the world the cogl...there are 2 of you and andrea you are really good together, you always write the only c......you!! to him the gold medal, ate the silver one and at the same time the bullshit one…………!!!
Instead, try to leave the house, so you don't mess with your PC!
@Rosso Ventisette on Fess_book:
Instead, try to leave the house, so you don't mess with your PC!
why don't those at mediaset take the piss out of him when he says he suffers from chattering like with biaggi?
Another Nobel for physics stolen from the beaches…
But are you all here?
On holiday a bit, right?
have they already kicked you out of the community??
@ *Marco:
Fuck you!!!
I admit that the Ducati is not an overwhelming motorbike now but I also see a totally FINISHED Valentino... I understand that it is not possible for his "Taliban" fans to admit this but evidently they don't see that the young prince, despite everything at his feet, always fights with his teammate team and Barberà…. the winning Valentino would have certainly always given half a second (minimum) to all the other Ducatis… ..and they have been following his indications and his wishes with their eyes closed for 2 years…. Barberà also has a one-year-old motorbike and often puts Valentino under pressure... DON'T YOU SEE THESE THINGS??
unfortunately we see them.. Valentino is probably no longer what he used to be.. he can't adapt to big changes.. he needs a tailor-made motorbike, the Ducati is the exact opposite..
...and in Ducati, despite the information that Rossi (and Hayden too) has always provided, he has never given his riders something truly different... absurdly they have managed to make a perimeter frame that is almost identical in feel to the main frame of the year last..
..if you think about it badly it seems like they know exactly how to recreate the same type of defect..
ghosts? if you had a decent motorbike, yes, but not with that lawnmower that you find underneath... with Stoner's Honda or Lorenzo's Yamaha he would fly too. it may also be his age, he may also be less competitive but if you remember he rode on the Yamaha which was a blender and made him win the world championship straight away!!
As a Rossi fan I'm just saying that I would like to see him always ahead of Hayden, however I hope at least in qualifying, because if he manages to start a little further ahead than usual and on a track that is dear to him I hope there is greater hope of a good result, of course if I get 9 0 10 again in qualifying, getting into interesting positions becomes tough... so take Hayden's example in qualifying to give your best and in the race do the usual. It's worth it that he always finishes first among the Ducatis (apart from when there is a hole in the tire). Let's hope for the best, Lorenzo is great anyway, I have seen an impressive growth in this rider both humanly and technically, they have bred a good champion in Yamaha, I can't totally criticize the choice to focus on him to the detriment of Rossi, they got it right a little. .
And anyway the articles on Rossi always prove to be the most commented on, it's like The Bold and the Beautiful, everyone you ask doesn't watch it and yet it's been going on for 25 years... there must be a reason :-)
Yes but by how much did he finish first among the Ducatis??? also on Sunday he spat his soul out against Barberà to overtake him in the final laps!!! (and then it practically landed on him) ….. this is the difference that Valentino can make??? …. if we then consider the means available on Sunday Vale took a beating from Barbarà, in fact he was humiliated!!
You're right about that, in fact with the official bike being in constant battle with the customers is absolutely not acceptable, if you criticize Ben Spies because he's often with the official bike and behind Tech3 it's right to criticize him because he's in front by a hair...absolutely true.. I don't understand the issue of the old motorbike which in any case is in continuous development and therefore is better than the new one which is a very young project.. bullshit if it's official it has the means that the customers dream of so not much bullshit.. it's true that even hayden is always there.. I don't know if it's Barbera who is going very fast (sometimes exaggerating like today and crashing) or that between Valentino who broke his balls and Hayden who doesn't know if they'll keep him they prefer Cruthclow, so much so that the best figure is Pramac says..
I can only say one thing, Barberà always uses the same bike and only thinks about the races, without having to try new things he has refined his feeling with the bike..
the official riders and above all the Valentino team are constantly trying new ways to try to find something new to exploit..
unfortunately with negative results..
even after the very first races they went so far off track that they had to take Hayden's set-up..
If I understand correctly, however, Vale has once again started to develop a different setting from the previous ones..
I don't want to exonerate anyone, by doing this Vale ends up always finding himself chasing and making an absurd effort..
It's also true that if you don't try other ways you won't get out of it..
ah, going back to the previous discussion... can we bet that if Vale and Hayden stop thinking about the development of the bike and only think about the races they start to give the correct gap to Barberà?
But why did stoner with pedrosa??
But you have to admit that Ducati is in complete confusion, it's not in heaven or earth that Pramac has perfected your old bike so much as to be almost more competitive than your new one... there's something in that group of technicians that's wrong , if it had been Honda or Yamaha, by now you know how many people have been fired...so either we get the department or technician back on track or we will always argue about whether Vale is boiled or not and we will waste time and races..
it's not really like that, the Pramac is practically the Valencia 2011 bike, the one with the aluminum frame but still with an open cradle and load-bearing engine, they received updates about 1 month ago, some electronics steeps and nothing more, perhaps not having much material they concentrate on the little they have, listening this morning to Max Tempo interviewing Luchinelli, he said that it is a bad thing not to let the satellite team also try the material that they try in Ducati and is often discarded, because a swingarm that doesn't suit Rossi or Hayden doesn't mean he's not good at Barbera. and in this I agree.
this is true.. in practice they are idiots.. do you have an extra rider that you can use to develop the bike and what do you do? do you keep the parts in stock?
do you know what the problem is? is that in my opinion they only made two swingarms.. and knowing that after the Mugello race they have to try them again they don't have one more to give to Barberà..
in Ducati they don't have any more money in my opinion.. and it's not even Rossi's fault.. and that to keep up with two giants like Yamaha and above all Honda (which is able to bring a new chassis to the race if it wants) it's practically a bloodletting..
we have to hope for Audi in case Rossi stays..
LIKE EVERY WEEK…. THE SAME THING …. LOOK AT HAIDEN … BARBERA ,…. it's over …. BUT YOU DON'T GET THERE THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE TO PROVE ANYTHING IN PRACTICE, ESPECIALLY IN PRACTICE ???... IN FACT IN THE RACE HE MAKES THE LEAPS FORWARD AND THE OTHERS INSTEAD STAY WITH THE FIRST X 5-6 LAPS AND THEN DOWN NEAR THE CRTs... RIDICULOUS... HE MAKES LONG RANDS FOR THE XI TIME RACE FROM SBORONE IN FREE PRICE HE COULDN'T CARE LESS!!!!
EVEN IN FP1 HE ALWAYS RIDED WITH THE SAME SET OF TIRES!!!! BUT AFTER THE RACES ALL THE ANTI-VALENTINIANS OR DUCATISTIS WERE GOING????
don't scream please.. we feel great! :)
yes, Vale has always raced like this, he has never been a poleman.. when he did them it was because he was damn good for the race too..
in any case it would be nice to see him ahead of the other Ducatis always and in any case..
if he doesn't succeed it's precisely because he isn't comfortable with the vehicle.
unfortunately its strong point coincides with the weak point of the bike..
It's difficult to get out of it if something doesn't radically change at a design level.
But I'm a big fan of Valentino, I'm just saying that at this moment I'd like to see him further ahead in qualifying because starting from further up like Nicky (who then plays the shrimp in the race), he could get a good result, in fact the pace is good he takes it after half the race or the end when those in front are now very far away, in my opinion if he managed to start further ahead (I'm not saying first but at least fourth or fifth) he could maintain contact more and perhaps give us better races, or at least not at the photo finish with Barbera (with all due respect to him)... that's all, I'm only saying this to see Vale again in better positions because I support him and I would be happy...
to me you are just old…..
@ motopassion 2 grand prix ago he qualified at haiden pitstop result with shattered tires!!!! he prefers not to overdo it in practice but to see the real race pace without slipstreams (barbera) and without laps on brand new soft tires and behind someone fast enough to make you pull and so races can't be won and that's why the shrimp!!!
I believe that the race in question, however, on the grid he started 10 behind nicky, so not much, but I agree with you regarding professionalism, especially in the race, experience helps him to manage his race in the best possible way (always within the limits of the means available), in fact in my opinion one of his strong points is his head, especially in the race, because at that level all the riders have a technique that anyone dreams of, so what does a lot is the head and the vehicle..
Barberà was and is the fastest driver on the track today, recording 346 km/h. followed by Hayden 344 Rossi 341 if I'm not mistaken and then with amazement Lorenzo's YAMAHA 339,7 I think... it's true that the Ducatis are the most powerful and fastest in MotoGP and on a track like Mugello it's easy to reach such speeds.... .but no one says that barberà reaches such speeds with an obsolete motorbike, the 11.1 derived from the GP.11 perhaps with an official motorbike he would certainly have achieved the best time
Maybe just that because then in the race it doesn't hold up... you lose a bit! But we must admit that on the Pramac he manages to put on a good show... well done Baberà...
If you listen to Pramac managers and technicians complain about Barbera's way of working because they never know their true potential because Barbera's best times are always set by someone else who is faster, it suits them in the official races but what's the point in free practice! !!! and in the race THEN???