Valentino Rossi, Ducati Marlboro Team.
Valentino Rossi will make his debut in the 2011 MotoGP arena this weekend as a Ducati rider. The "'Gallina Vecchia" select' go home 'with the red Ducati, after seven years of defending the Blue team, Yamaha.
Together with Ducati, "The Doctor" will begin the journey to make a record that may be very difficult to be solved by anyone, which won the premier class world title with three different manufacturers. Previously Valentino Rossi has collected seven premier-class trophy along with Honda and Yamaha.
In addition, with a world title again then Rossi, who is now listed as the record holder of the most winning driver class series premiere (79 times), will equal the achievements of Giacomo Agostini. Men also are legendary Italian racer to temporarily become the most widely premier class world champion, is eight times.
It's just waiting Rossi to record 10 world titles in all classes, will be difficult to materialize in this 2011 season. Is the result of three times the pre-season test which gives an indication that Rossi needs a longer time to adapt to the Desmosedici GP11, other than because of his physical condition is not yet 100 percent fit.
Yes, in the last test at Qatar earlier this week, Rossi could only be ranked 13 - compared with its rivals from Honda and Yamaha, which controls the top five positions. Poor outcome was more due to the current issue Desmosedici into the corner, and he lost the power to control the motor, the healing process following a shoulder injury post-surgery in mid-November last year.
However, Rossi was not too worried about the fate of his first night with Ducati in Qatar on March 20. He said the record time on Monday (14/3/11) night at the Losail Circuit, which is the last day pre-season testing, would be indicative of future performance during the race.
"For the first practice session in Qatar, we will start with settings that we found on the last day of trial, because the records of our time is not too bad," said Rossi, who closed to within 1.3 seconds of the Honda rider, Casey Stoner, who became the fastest.
"Actually, I think it could be even faster if my shoulder strength is not a problem before I tried to soft compound tire. Racing weekend will have a session of 1 hour 45 minutes, so it may be easier to see.
"Indeed, my shoulder is not the main issue: if you want to get a good race, we know that so I am ready physically, we must find some solution that helps so much faster, and improve our speed.
"After all, his debut with Ducati gives a lot of motivation, and Sunday's course will be very emotional.
"Congratulations also to all the Italians, who tomorrow will celebrate 150 years of Italian unification: we know, certainly a lot of support for us, and of course we may not have been able to be the best on Sunday. But we will give best effort.
"I also think the people in Japan, which is currently experiencing a very difficult time. What happened is very scary, but the Japanese are very strong and very reactive. We all always support you. "
The statement also comes from the mouth Ducati team manager, Vittoriano Guareschi, who acknowledged that Rossi's fitness may still be problematic. But, he's not worried about the commitment Rossi with Ducati.
"Tomorrow, training for grand prix starts, and we will try to use everything we have learned during the winter tests," said Guareschi. "Together with Valentino, we could not use all day there, and therefore, we have not been able to find the optimal solution for setting the bike.
"Physically, he has not been in a state of 100 percent for the next few months, but we know that when all is over, he will give all he has and even more so! In the meantime, we will continue to work relentlessly to develop the motor, because others have made remarkable progress and a very high level.
"Sunday will be very important and emotional for us and all lovers of the Italian motor racing and the entire world-and it gives us extra motivation, that makes us have to do better."
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