After flying from his M1 a few weeks ago Valentino came back to Sepang to fly again, but this time on the bike setting up a new record: 2’00.300 shadowing Nicky Hayden’s time of 2’00.326 clocked only 12 days ago.
Bastoner (the nickname given by the Italians to the Aussie, where bastone is a wood stick, as to say that he is the guy that kicks everybody’s butt) is not in Sepang, nor the rest of the fast guys. It would have been interesting to see in Sepang Pedrosa riding the new 2008 Repsol, but unfortunately he is still recovering from the recent surgery. Last week or so I read that he had openly claimed ” … historically every time Hayden has been responsible with the development it was not beneficial …”. On the other end Hayden has been working hard on the track to squeeze as much as he can from the winter tests, almost proving Randy Mamola’s theory according to which Hayden has never really get used to the 800cc and therefore, he will need to adapt his riding style to become more competitive.
Talking about challenges in acclaiming to new bikes, Melandri has having hard time in riding World Champion Ducati, with a probable satisfaction for Capirossi. Ducati has always been a bike for a few and not for everybody, and even if Macho will have to invest some time to learn how to use the full potential of the Red Missile, his effort could be paid off with a series of victories.
Tomorrow, Vale will have another chance to improve; let’s see what happen, but in the meantime check the funny Photoshop that Almos has found on mcnews.com.
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That picture of "The FIAT Fairy" is so funny I nearly broke a rib laughing!
I really hope in some magic to eliminate any technical condition that could affect Rossi's performance in 2008. This year we have a good mix among bikes, tires and riders so I am dreaming a championship where we could really see who is the best in MotoGp in the era of traction control and electronics.
Yesterday performance was confirmed today with a great 2'00.472 on qualifiers even with after small error. More important Rossi was able to ride in the 2'01 pace for 19 laps out the 70 ridden today. Big difference in time between him and the rest of the riders: only Hayden was able to get closer(2'00.90)but only on chewingum tires.
At the end of the day Rossi stated "Now the M1 and I have found the right tire" ... as to say now I am ready to compete against anybody.
Valentino lost his bunny from his hump. No more #46 in fur for him for some reason only the big FIAT logo. I think Fiat might paid his bills at the Italian tax agency and they wanted more exposure for that favor. :):):) GO VALE!! GOOOOO!!!!!
Today according to the Italian news Vale will settle the issue with the tax agency(fisco)paying 20mln euros. Anyhow this amount is only for the period 2000-2004. A new agreement has to be reach for the 2005 and 2006
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