If you have been watching the practice and qualifying sessions from the Qatar GP, you may have noticed that Valentino Rossi is once again wearing one of his special helmet designs.
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If you have been watching the practice and qualifying sessions from the Qatar GP, you may have noticed that Valentino Rossi is once again wearing one of his special helmet designs.
For the rest click HERE
Scooped by Vicki Smith for Ducati.net |
We are in the middle of a desert, but it's nothing like the soft dunes of the old Dakar rally; here there is only rocks, sand and huge lighting towers to illuminate a track in the middle of nowhere. On the first day of school, Fenati and Iannone were the teachers pets, each just barely missing out on an A+, but they will have 17 more chances to hit the mark. The MotoGP race was all about Stoner and Lorenzo, but the Australian failed physical eduction. The CRT riders gave their best, but they might need to be held back for a year. Valentino Rossi played the class clown, and as the lights were being switched off at Qatar, the spotlight was left shining on his relationship with Ducati. But at least it wasn't boring.
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A downbeat Valentino Rossi conceded that at present he simply cannot get to grips with the 2012 Ducati after struggling to 10th place in the Qatar Grand Prix.
The seven-time MotoGP champion was a long way off the pace throughout the Losail weekend, and could not match team-mate Nicky Hayden's pace.
While Rossi said an earlier clash with Hector Barbera was a factor in his Qatar result, he admitted that the biggest problem was that the bike did not suit him at all....more here: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/98678
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There is a subtle irony in the standings after the third free practice session for the Losail International Circuit, Ducati are three in a row, from 6 to 8th place, but the positions are reversed . In front of the pilot not titrated with a Ducati abandoned after the first test in Valencia at the end of last season, behind the tip with the latest evolution of the D16, in the midst of his faithful squire. Barbera, Hayden, Rossi shows the list of the times, in more than a nuisance on the road to the summit for Valentino. " We will see which positions will be Sunday evening, finished the race "raises the Doctor.
But now I'm in front.
" We are all three very close, Nicky is riding well, Hector has done in the wake of that time, however, was good . "
It was not possible to do more?
" We put the soft rubber at the end of the round and we could not get the most . "
With the tough but what is the situation?
" Much better, mainly because I could always turn on a steady pace , even after 22 or 23 laps on the same tire . "
Where was the most important step?
" The front, is much more sincere than last year and allows me to draw lines that you want . "
But there is still work.
" We must remain calm and focused. The understeer is the biggest problem . "
For tomorrow, what is your goal?
" The second row , we can do it. Then improve on the pitch, two or three tenths there would be enough to manage to do the race with a group of riders ahead of us . "
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