If you’re expecting to find some further details regarding on just what type of frame Valentino Rossi was testing today on the Ducati GP12.
1 or Evo, you can forget it.
Ducati is keeping their mouths shut and so is Rossi and the following press release doesn’t say much expect they tested an updated electronics package and chassis.
Whether the test was a success or not is another thing you won’t find out, even if ANSA reported that Rossi was lapping in 1.
48.
5 with the 1000cc which is still more than a second slower than what Casey Stoner set (1′47.
326) in the July 4th Mugello test on his 800cc RC212V.
Ducati Press release on testing at Mugello:For the final day of a three-day test at Mugello, Valentino Rossi joined the Ducati Test Team to work on developing the 2012 race bike.
In doing so, he utilized the sixth of eight days during which factory riders may participate in such outings.
The Italian was kept busy trying an updated electronics package and chassis, turning a total of 82 laps in conditions that were sunny but not overly hot.
Rossi had a fall on the exit of the Scarperia-Palagio section during the third lap of his first outing in the morning, but it didn’t affect the team’s work, which continued until 6:30 p.
m.
Filippo Preziosi and Vittoriano Guareschi were in the garage to follow the test, and official test rider Franco Battaini, who had ridden the two previous days, was with Rossi on the track.
“It was an interesting day, although it was also quite long, because we rode until 6:30,” Rossi said after the test.
“Developing a bike requires a lot of focus and effort, but it’s also very exciting and fulfilling to be part of a group of people pushing as hard as it can in the same direction.
Today we confirmed various aspects of the GP12’s electronics and chassis, collecting a lot of useful information for Filippo and the guys in the factory.
I think that the work is well underway as we prepare for our next steps.
”Sportmediaset also has a short video of Rossi lapping at Mugello, try clicking here to see it.