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MOTOGP: Rossi - ‘Ducati Now Has A Plan’
Days after blasting Ducati for lacking direction with their MotoGP program, Valentino Rossi's concerns have apparently been addressed to his satisfaction.
Ducati Team's Valentino Rossi (Photo: Ducati Corse)
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Valentino Rossi has been involved in yet another round of crisis talks in a bid to cajole Ducati's technical boss, Filippo Preziosi, to come up with some new ideas to build a winning bike.
Intriguingly, Rossi now claims there is a Ducati plan that has made him "more comfortable."
This just six days after he lamented at the Dutch TT last weekend that Ducati needed a "clearer and better plan" to fix their problems.
Talk is cheap and it seems, for the moment, words are moving faster at Ducati than the GP12 which is hindered by its chronic understeer and savage rear tire wear.
Still unanswered from Ducati and Preziosi is why a plan that has seemingly satisfied Rossi has only appeared this week -- and not 21 months ago when he first rode the red bike at Valencia in November 20110.
Rossi again menaced Ducati and Preziosi with his Assen claims about a lack of a proper plan to enable them to win.
Unhappy with his practice form at the Dutch TT, a race that turned into a debacle with a chunking rear Bridgestone tire forcing a pit stop, Rossi finished 13th.
When asked in the lead-up to this Sunday's German GP at the Sachsenring if he had spoken with Preziosi since Assen about his request for "better plan" Rossi said, "Yes, I have spoken more deeply and Ducati has some ideas and not just for the engine but also to improve the chassis and the reliability of the bike.
"Something will arrive before Laguna Seca -- at the test in the Mugello -- and something else after the break, in August. It looks like we have a plan for the future and the second part of the season. I hope we can improve."
Valentino Rossi has been involved in yet another round of crisis talks in a bid to cajole Ducati's technical boss, Filippo Preziosi, to come up with some new ideas to build a winning bike.
Intriguingly, Rossi now claims there is a Ducati plan that has made him "more comfortable."
This just six days after he lamented at the Dutch TT last weekend that Ducati needed a "clearer and better plan" to fix their problems.
Talk is cheap and it seems, for the moment, words are moving faster at Ducati than the GP12 which is hindered by its chronic understeer and savage rear tire wear.
Still unanswered from Ducati and Preziosi is why a plan that has seemingly satisfied Rossi has only appeared this week -- and not 21 months ago when he first rode the red bike at Valencia in November 20110.
Rossi again menaced Ducati and Preziosi with his Assen claims about a lack of a proper plan to enable them to win.
Unhappy with his practice form at the Dutch TT, a race that turned into a debacle with a chunking rear Bridgestone tire forcing a pit stop, Rossi finished 13th.
When asked in the lead-up to this Sunday's German GP at the Sachsenring if he had spoken with Preziosi since Assen about his request for "better plan" Rossi said, "Yes, I have spoken more deeply and Ducati has some ideas and not just for the engine but also to improve the chassis and the reliability of the bike.
"Something will arrive before Laguna Seca -- at the test in the Mugello -- and something else after the break, in August. It looks like we have a plan for the future and the second part of the season. I hope we can improve."
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