Valentino Rossi back on two wheels!

Visordown gets the first pictures of motorcycle legend's return

Posted: 7 July 2010
by Visordown News

HE'S BACK! These are the first images of Valentino Rossi testing a WSB-spec YZF-R1 Yamaha at Misano, Italy.

See the full Valentino Rossi Misano WSB test gallery here

The nine-time world champion is testing his riding ability after breaking his lower right leg at Mugello in a pre-race practice.

Rossi underwent surgery on the broken bone and expects to be racing again within the next few weeks.

The Italian completed 26 laps of Misano, clocking a best of 1min 38.2 secs

After the test Rossi spoke about the experience, saying:

"We made this test in order to understand how we must work from here and to see more or less how I can ride the bike," said Rossi. "The test was positive, because I can at least ride, but there is a lot more to a MotoGP race than to a test like this one. I had some pain in the ankle, the knee and the shoulder, but above all I lacked strength in the shoulder and a bit of movement in the ankle.

"I would really like to come back at Sachsenring, but it is still too early to say. We still have twelve days and we must wait and see how much we can improve my condition in the next few days. The Superbike today was good and great fun to ride! I really would like to ride at Sachsenring, but we must wait another week before making a decision."


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james brown
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Valentino Rossi tested a Yamaha YZF-R1 superbike on his regular Misano Circuit that he knows so well, on the 7th of July, 2010, setting a lap time of 1 minute, 38.200 seconds, which is some 3 seconds off his normal best lap time. This goes to show that his confidence is not lacking. It is nice to get back on a bike after such a bad injury in only 4 weeks and do a reasonable lap time without the fear of further injury. This will give Valentino Rossi the strength and determination to build up on his strength at a faster pace knowing that his touch on the bike has not been lost. As a Champion he knows very well what he is capable of . He has now become The Patient as well as The Doctor. And his determination now must be on an even higher level than before. He should only return to Motogp racing when he really feels that he is at 100% and can win races against Lorenzo his team mate. Anything less will only be a disappointement to Valentino Rossi who is a true perfectionist in Motogp that is why we all love him so much. He is a true Champion in the true meaning of the word. Without him Motogp is not the same. Lorenzo can win races when there is no real competition for him. But when he has to race against Valentino Rossi he suddenly under considerable pressure. It would be nice to see how he reacts when Valentino Rossi returns to racing and puts Lorenzo under pressure, the want to win aginst the master. Lorenzo could fall off his bike and very quickly lose enough points for Valentino Rossi to be back in favour to win the 2010 Motogp Championships. Looking forward to Valentino Rossi's return to Motogp racing and if possible in Germany, the sooner the better.

Valentino Rossi's 2009 Misano track times were as following when he beat Lorenzo last year:

Practice 1 1'35.304 Rossi Position No.1
1'37.869 Talmacsi Position No.17

Practice 2 1'34.528 Rossi Position No.1
1'37.794 Talmacsi Position No.17

Qualifying 1'34.338 Rossi Position No.1
1'37.091 Talmacsi Position No.17

Warmup 1'34.894 Rossi Position No.1
1'37.371 Talmacsi Position No.17

Race 1'34.746 Rossi Position No.1
1'37.019 Talamacsi Position No.14

At an average speed of 273 km/hr.

Posted: 08/07/2010 at 01:14


Nigel Aston 2
As much as I believe MGP needs Rossi on the bike to get a better racing spectacle I would prefer him to come back when fully healed rather than rush back simply because he wants to ride.

Saying that

His time yesterday of 1:38.2 was bloody good for someone who had never ridden the bike before and has a duff shoulder and broken leg. It was good enough for a mid 2nd row start in the WSBK race recently at Misano. Most of the WSBK grid did not do a lap that fast either during qualifying or the race.

Either way to come back so soon after an injury like that and post respectable lap times on an unfamiliar bike underlines just how good Rossi is for bike racing as a whole

Posted: 08/07/2010 at 10:16

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