After Sunday’s breathtaking conclusion to the Grand Prix of Catalunya, race winner Valentino Rossi returned to the scene of his last turn triumph over Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo for one of only two days of testing available during the race season.
Rossi finished the test second fastest, 0.204sec behind Repsol Honda’s Andrea Dovizioso and just 0.012sec ahead of Lorenzo.
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“It was hard to test after yesterday but it was a good day and we found out some important things,” said Rossi on Monday evening. “We worked on electronics to try to find a better power delivery and we also checked a different version of the engine for the second half of the season. Finally we also tried a new tyre with Bridgestone.
“We got good feedback and hopefully today should mean I can feel even better on my M1 than I did at the weekend, which was already pretty good! At the end we also tried to set some fast ‘qualifying’ laps and I made a good time, so we’re happy. Now I am going home to Italy to have some rest!”
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Rossi will fight for his 100th grand prix victory next time out at the Dutch TT, held at Assen.
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