Saturday, May 4, 2013

MotoGP Rossi At Race Pace Cautiously Optimistic

Valentino Rossi was eighth position from optimistic to Phillip Iceland still lost ground. Nicky Hayden wanted to convert only some.


Valentino Rossi pinpointed potential for improvement
Valentino Rossi pinpointed potential for improvement
After his trip to eighth position in Australia Valentino Rossi wanted for Sunday definitely geared towards the front. The Italian pinpointed his pace at about the level of Stefan Bradl and Alvaro Bautista, who will compete in the fifth and seventh. "The Yamahas of Dovizioso and Crutchlow are slightly faster, but only a few tenths of a second," said Rossi. Accordingly, he was cautiously optimistic for Sunday, because his pace was fairly constant at 18 laps old tires he could still drive a 1:31.7, making him confident agreed.

A few problems plagued the Ducati pilots still. He had the soft tires too many vibrations and lower taxes, which is why he could not define it. "Fortunately, I have not yet made it into the third row. Tomorrow morning we will try to improve the final details and then we will see. It is a long race, so we have to see what the conditions and what pace we go can, "said the nine-time world champion.


Hayden Was Planning Large Motorcycle Conversion

Before he could completely overlook the race, Rossis team-mate Nicky Hayden was planning, once a major renovation of his machine. He was in qualifying but was just two hundredths of a second slower than Rossi, but only landed at number ten, and the feeling had not voted. "Im losing traction on the edge of the tire and therefore there is a lot of movement, especially in fast corners. The bumps also make it difficult to stay on the line. On my last good round I made the first sector of an error, then began I even have a better round, but the rain came out and the risk was too great, "said Hayden.