While we’re waiting to receive Fiat Yamaha’s official press release to inform us on Valentino Rossi’s condition after returning to track after just 32 days from his accident at Mugello, we can tell you via Sportmediaset (but it was on all the 8:00 news channels), that the 9 times World Champion hit the Misano circuit around 6:30 pm and rode for about thirty minutes one of James Toseland’s Yamaha R1’s (without sponsor stickers) which will be immediately after this test, be sent to Brno in time for this weekend’s upcoming WSBK round.
You can catch Valentino on the R1 by following this link which is in Italian.
Davide Brivio via Twitter posted the above photo and added “Finished test.
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10 + 14 laps.
Vale made a good job.
Still some pain and now he knows more how to get better… Lap time was not so bad too!”UPDATE: Fiat Yamaha Press Release – VALENTINO ROSSI COMPLETES TEST AT MISANOFiat Yamaha Team rider Valentino Rossi today rode a motorcycle for the first time since breaking his right leg at Mugello on 5th June.
He rode a total of 26 laps at Misano on a YZF-R1 WSB machine, provided by the Yamaha World Superbike Team, and recorded a best time of 1′38.
200.
Rossi did an initial run of 11 laps at 18.
30 CET with a best time of 1′41.
000, then a second run of 15 laps at 19.
45 CET with a best time of 1′38.
200 (unofficial times).
The reigning World Champion was able to ride well but he had some pain in his leg and his shoulder.
He will now continue with an updated rehabilitation programme and make a decision within the next week as to whether he will ride at the German Grand Prix at Sachsenring, in ten days time.
“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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