Capirossi : Tidak Meragukan Rossi

Sport News - Valentino Rossi masih belum memperlihatkan penampilan yang menjanjikan bersama Ducati. Walau begitu, pembalap senior Loris Capirossi tidak kehilangan kepercayaan pada The Doctor.


Dalam tes resmi MotoGP perdana di Sepang pekan lalu, Rossi terlihat masih belum menyatu dengan motor Ducati Desmosedici GP11 yang ia tunggangi. Hal itu tercermin dari hasil tesnya yang kurang menggembirakan.

Rossi memang masih dalam masa adaptasi. Ia baru bergabung dengan Ducati selama beberapa bulan setelah tujuh tahun terakhir pembalap 31 tahun itu memperkuat pabrikan Jepang, Yamaha.

Selain itu, Rossi juga masih terhambat cedera. Setelah mengalami kecelakaan di MotoGP Italia tahun lalu, Rossi masih diganggu dengan rasa sakit di kakinya yang patah, juga di bahu.

Rossi sendiri secara pesimistis sempat melontarkan pernyataan bahwa sulit berharap ia sudah bugar 100 persen di awal musim. The Doctor memprediksi ia baru bisa maksimal setelah Mei.

Benarkah Rossi sudah habis? Tidak bila menurut Capirossi. Pembalap Italia berusia 37 tahun yang membela tim satelit Ducati, Pramac Racing, percaya kalau Rossi akan memandu Ducati ke masa jaya.

"Dia pasti akan membawa Ducati ke puncak tertinggi. Semoga Valentino beruntung," demikian ujar Capirossi seperti yang dikutip situs berita Italia, AGI News.

Moto2: Ianone rapidly and De Angelis on day 1

They noted the exact same time on testing in Valencia
The Alex de Angelis and Andrea Iannone made exactly the same time the first day of class Moto2 testing in Valencia. They were the ones who went to 1 '37''.000 and stopped the timer at 1' 36''.7.

In third place was the Julian Simon, who seemed to have adapted to Kalex, in the fourth Stefan Bradl, was the fifth and sixth Marc Marquez by Michele Pirro, the new rider of Gresini Racing.

Below you can see the ranking of the tests yesterday's first day:

01 - Alex De Angelis - JiR Moto2 - MotoBI - 1'36 .7
02 - Andrea Iannone - Speed Master Team - Suter MMXI - 1'36 .7
03 - Julian Simon - Mapfre Aspar Team - Suter MMXI - 1'37 .0
04 - Stefan Bradl - Viessmann Kiefer Racing - KALEX Moto2 - 1'37 .0
05 - Marc Marquez - Team Catalunya Caixa Repsol - Suter MMXI - 1'37 .1
06 - Michele Pirro - Gresini Racing Moto2 - Moriwaki MD600 - 1'37 .1
07 - Thomas Luthi - Interwetten Paddock M2 Racing - Suter MMXI - 1'37 .2
08 - Aleix Espargaro - Tenerife 40 Pons - KALEX Moto2 - 1'37 .4
09 - Scott Redding - Marc VDS Racing Team - Suter MMXI - 1'37 .4
10 - Mika Kallio - Marc VDS Racing Team - Suter MMXI - 1'37 .5
11 - Yuki Takahashi - Gresini Racing Moto2 - Moriwaki MD600 - 1'37 .5
12 - Axel Pons - Tenerife 40 Pons - KALEX Moto2 - 1'37 .6
13 - Jules Cluzel - Forward Racing - Suter MMXI - 1'37 .8
14 - Randy Krummenacher - Grand Prix Switzerland - KALEX Moto2 - 1'37 .9
15 - Raffaele De Rosa - G22 Racing Team - Moriwaki MD600 - 1'38 .0
16 - Bradley Smith - Tech 3 Racing - Tech 3 Mistral 611 - 1'38 .0
17 - Simone Corsi - Ioda Racing Project - FTR Moto M211 - 1'38 .8
18 - Claudio Corti - Italtrans Racing Team - Suter MMXI - 1'38 .8
19 - Santiago Hernandez - SAG Racing Team - FTR Moto M211 - 1'40 .1
20 - Mattia Pasini - Ioda Racing Project - FTR Moto M211 - 1'40 .2


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Rossi: A signature for charity

To raise money for the Telethon Foundation
Thanks to the generosity of Ducati Motor Holding, a 'specific »Ducati Monster 696 auctioned yesterday (2/10/2011) on the website« eBay ».

What is special about this bike? But what else from the signing of Valentino Rossi at the Tank. The Italian Ducati rider signed this during testing at Sepang and the aim is to auction the bike to raise money for the Foundation Telethon, which conducts research on diseases due to genetic causes.

Those who want to "hit" on a motorcycle, you can visit and make your bid.


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Ajo explains ambitious 2011 project

The Finn’s 125cc team structure will have five riders competing in two groups in the 2011 World Championship, with a view to the introduction of the new Moto3 category in 2012.

Aki Ajo’s project for the final season of the 125cc category is an enterprising one. The Finn is fielding five riders under his team structure for the 2011 campaign with Efrén Vázquez, Johann Zarco (both riding under the Ajo Motorsport banner) and Zulfahmi Khairuddin (AirAsia-SIC-Ajo) forming one branch and Red Bull MotoGP Academy graduates Jonas Folger and Danny Kent (Red Bull Ajo Motorsport) a second ‘group’.
“We needed a new challenge. We were World Champions last year with Marc Márquez and also in 2008 (with Mike di Meglio), and while we know it’s hard to repeat that we feel we are ready for this next test,” Ajo told motogp.com. “Especially with the Moto3 class coming in 2012 I think it’s even better we have two teams. Maybe in the future we’ll have a factory team and a junior team, so what we’re building now with two teams is a little bit like an investment for the future.”
Vázquez, Zarco and Folger will campaign Derbi RSA machines this year, with Zulfahmi and rookie Kent on RSW bikes. Speaking about expectations for the season, Ajo continued: “In our three-rider team Efrén Vázquez and Johann Zarco are both quite experienced, and Efrén has already been on the podium a few times. I feel Johann is ready to be there in the future.”
“I think Efrén, as the most experienced, his target is to push really hard and see if he has a chance to fight for the title. Our third rider, Zulfahmi, I have met many times during the winter and he is a very hungry young sportsman but with less experience, so for him I think it is the next step – to join our group so that he can learn and improve even more.”
“In the Red Bull team it’s a new project with the aim of building the futures of these young riders, who have been in the Red Bull programme in the past. I think Jonas and Danny are very talented riders, everyone has seen this. I think Jonas is looking for podiums, and Danny had some very good races on the Lambretta at the end of last season so he’ll look to increase his experience.”
Plans are already afoot for the arrival of the new Moto3 class, as mentioned earlier by Ajo, with early negotiations with a number of potential partners in progress.
“We are talking with many companies at the moment and we really want to be ready early and in time for Moto3, so we are working on that side. During the summer we will finalise our plans for 2012,” he concluded.


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Iannone happy with his start to 2011

The Italian was satisfied with how the private Test went at Montmeló earlier this week, and is now prepared to kick on at the three-day meeting in Valencia.

Iannone on making the switch to Suter
Andrea Iannone’s preparations for the start of the 2011 Moto2 World Championship began in earnest at the Catalunya Circuit earlier this week, where the Italian was one of the riders present for the private Test which took place on Monday and Tuesday.
Working with his new Speed Master team and getting to grips with the Suter machine he will ride this season, Iannone enjoyed his two days and was fastest across both as he set himself up for the first major Test of the pre-season which starts at Valencia today (Thursday).
“We went pretty fast on Monday and we didn’t do so bad on day two either,” Iannone told motogp.com. “I’m very satisfied with how things are going with the team and the way in which we are all working.”
The 21 year-old established a good base with which to build on at Valencia, as he explained: “At Montmeló we’ve found the right direction so that we can continue developing the bike, and at the Valencia Test we must follow this through to be fully prepared for the start of the World Championship.”
Iannone finished the inaugural Moto2 World Championship ion 2010 in third place, having won three races and finished on the podium on a total of eight occasions.
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