Valentino Rossi was fast last year riding his bike with Michelin tyres on the Motegi track.
But today Valentino is riding with Bridgestone.
And he’s eager to see the results with his new tyres.
Rossi could clinch his first MotoGP World Championship with Bridgestone tyres this Sunday!“We will have to see about the performance between Bridgestone and Michelin,” Rossi said in the pre-event press conference.
“Motegi has always been a great one for Bridgestone in the past, but last year myself and Dani Pedrosa were a bit faster than the Bridgestone riders.
”Casey Stoner also has mixed feelings about his results at Motegi, some are good and some bad.
But Casey wants to look to the future with his Desmosedici, and not the past.
He said: “The track has always given me the impression that it is more suited to cars than bikes because it is full of hard breaking and acceleration zones and there aren’t many flowing sections.
Anyway, it is a fun track and I think it can be good for our bikes and tyres.
” And about his possibility for undergoing surgery he said: “The wrist hasn’t given me great problems over the last week and seems to be improving on the last couple of weeks so I can’t wait to get back on the bike and try to get a better result than we’ve managed lately.
”Source MotoGP