Whether the fact that the Misano World Circuit is just a stone throw from Valentino Rossi’s home town of Tavullia that is giving him extra motivation or the fact that Yamaha has debuted the new seamless gearbox that is improving stability and acceleration on the M1, or that his kid brother Luca is wild carding in Moto3, Rossi was third fastest on the first day of practice.
“It’s always special and a great feeling to ride here,” said the Yamaha rider. “Today was a good Friday for me, my performance was not so bad. This morning I was already quite fast but especially this afternoon my pace was very good. I was fast from the beginning to the end of the practice and we are very close to the front.
“Yamaha has made a fantastic job with the gearbox; it is a great help for the riders. It’s not a big advantage with lap time but the bike becomes a lot easier to ride, more stable in acceleration and less wheelie. You can concentrate more on riding, it is less demanding so I think for the race it will be a big help.”
Team mate Jorge Lorenzo was also satisfied with the new seamless gearbox, but a lot less happy about his set-up which left him in fourth, but less than three tenths from the top of the timesheets, which was led by Repsol Honda riders Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa.
Lorenzo has won for two consecutive seasons at Misano, and believes that if the Yamaha had debuted the transmissin a little earlier this year he could have had been more competitive on certain tracks.
“We are having some problems to find the best set-up on the bike because I felt a little bit worse than the last years here, but we are trying to improve it,” said Lorenzo. “I’m really happy to have the new gearbox. It is working well, it’s faster and more easy, but it’s not all about the seamless. At the moment we are a little behind the Hondas but I’m very motivated and confident we can go faster tomorrow.”
via TWowheelsblog
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