While Marco Simoncelli was in the media limelight with his two day test on the Aprila RSV4, Mattia Pasini was quietly concluding his three day test on the Ducati Desmosedici GP9, despite two spills, one yesterday and one today.
The Italian rider today registered a best time of 1.
51.
9 out of 40 laps , while test rider Vittoriano Guareschi, testing different updates for the 2010 bike, posted a best time of 1.
51.
7.
Pasini has received several offers to race in next year’s new Moto2 class, but has yet to decide for which team he’ll be riding for, because he may get an offer to rider in MotoGP from Pramac Ducati.
Mattia Pasini:“It was really a great and positive experience and I think I could have recorded a faster personal best.
Unfortunately I fell this morning at the “Correntaio”, having made a strong start to the day with a good feeling due to the changes we had made towards the end of yesterday’s session.
The changes made a difference as today I immediately went a second faster in the first exit.
I didn’t injure myself too badly but hurt my neck which perhaps affected my riding; I think that otherwise I would have been able to drop another second before the end of the day.
Anyway, I repeat that it has been a fantastic experience and I thank Ducati and the team who have looked after me during these three days.
We will see each other again at Estoril next week.
” Filippo Preziosi:“During this test I was able to personally verify that Mattia is capable of riding a MotoGP bike despite the difficulties.
This is possible only thanks to his natural talent and extraordinary determination.
Today we have learned a lesson that goes deeper than the, albeit interesting, technical data that we’ve collected thanks to Mattia’s comments.
I am certain that we’ll remember this test for a long time to come.
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