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Old 03-16-2006, 4:37 PM
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Rossi worried by Yamaha's lack of pace
LONDON (Reuters) - MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi is worried by Yamaha's lack of pace with the start of the season looming next week.

"This has been the worst test of the winter and I'm quite worried," Britain's Motorcycle News weekly reported the Italian as saying after the final pre-season test in Jerez at the weekend.

"We are in a lot of trouble for the first race," added the 26-year-old, winner of the last five titles in motorcycling's top category.

"It's bad, because we worked a lot during the winter in a lot of tests and the bike has always been good. We were always fast, but now with this problem we are struggling."

The season kicks off in Jerez with the Spanish Grand Prix on March 26. Rossi has won six times at all levels at the southern circuit, including last year's season-opener.

The Yamaha team performed strongly in previous Barcelona tests but suffered a setback with persistent vibration problems in Jerez.

"At this point we don't know which way to follow because we have tried everything... new settings, new tyres, different forks, different shock. And the vibration remains strong," declared Rossi.

Rossi was 10th fastest in the tests, more than a second off the pace set by compatriot Loris Capirossi on a Ducati. American team mate Colin Edwards, on the other Camel Yamaha, was seventh.

((SPORT-MOTORCYCLING-ROSSI: Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by John O'Brien: Reuters Messaging; +44 207 542 7933))
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Re: Rossi worried by Yamaha's lack of pace
It would be interesting to know if this is real...or he's playing.
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Re: Rossi worried by Yamaha's lack of pace
He's just pulling the mind-phuck. He'll talk like this and goof off the first couple sessions of the weekend, then throw down a pole time and walk away in the race.
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Re: Rossi worried by Yamaha's lack of pace
Yep, I do believe it's a mind game.
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Re: Rossi worried by Yamaha's lack of pace
He just got off the phone with Michelin after his last Ferrari / Bridgestone outing. Seems they gave the magic tires to Colin..
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He just got off the phone with Michelin after his last Ferrari / Bridgestone outing. Seems they gave the magic tires to Colin..
Maybe in time for Jerez...

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COLIN EDWARDS (7th, 1'40.721, 82 laps) "It would be nice if I could say that we've solved all our problems today, but sadly it's just not the case and we're still struggling a bit. I think we've really gone in circles a bit here. We've changed a lot of things and we haven't really concentrated on a race simulation or the endurance of the tire, we've just been trying to find ways to dial out the problems we have. To be honest our pace isn't bad but it's certainly not a winning pace, which is frustrating when we saw in Barcelona last weekend how great our package is when it's all working! Yamaha and Michelin have more than enough information after three days and I am confident that they will come back with something to solve our problems. "
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Bake, I just read your signature. I like it.
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