Ducati Corse has released the first pictures of Valentino Rossi
Ducati Corse has released the first pictures of Valentino Rossi in their colours, posing with his Desmosedici GP11 bike at their annual pre-season 'Wroom' event. Rossi has retained the flouroscent green colour on his leathers but its a fashion calamity combined with Ducati's red. And his Bike has it too! The figure '46' on the nose is of course flouro-green along with the seat border, tank and the tail piece.
Nicky Hayden meanwhile has matching the red with black this year. The AMG logo is also present on both Rossi and Nicky hayden's bike and leathers. The bright livery of Rossi's motorbike is a reminisce of his wild paintjobs during the 125cc and 250cc days with Aprilia. Hope he rides so too.
Rossis Ducati Prototype Desmosedici GP11 unveiled
The Ducati prototype which Valentino Rossi will ride in the 2011 MotoGP season was officially presented on Wednesday, with the Italian’s own individual touch added. The team’s technical chief Filippo Preziosi hinted that Ducati had significant progress plans for the new motorcycle, and said it should address the issues that prevented a title challenge in 2010. Valentino Rossi’s inauguration as an official Ducati rider took a further step at Madonna di Campiglio on Wednesday, along with team partner Nicky Hayden he was on hand to unveil the Desmosedici GP11 that both with ride in the 2011 MotoGP World Championship. Valentino Rossi spoke for the first time as a Ducati rider at the Wrooom 2011 occasion at Madonna di Campiglio on Tuesday, satisfying the demands of both fans and media as he discussed the Desmosedici.
Complete in the individualised fairings that each rider will display this season, Rossi’s machine – personalised by Aldo Drudi – had hints of the Italian’s famous yellow, as the prototype was revealed for the first time. Other popular bikes of Ducati are Ducati Hypermotard 1100, Ducati Monster 1100, Ducati Monster 696, Ducati Streetfighter, and Ducati Monster 1100 S etc. Following his first Test on the Desmosedici in Valencia last November, Rossi had surgical treatment on his shoulder and said: “The big difficulty in Valencia was me. I had a lot of pain in the shoulder and not enough energy. This is a different bike and you have to ride it more sharply. This is my work at Ducati, to improve it and make it an simple and easier bike and have fewer risks in all the races. Stoner was unbelievable in some races last year but made some faults and ended the Championship in fourth no. So far we have been working on easier things such as rider position, handlebars, foot pegs for Sepang, and there we will begin to work on improving the bike.”
Yamaha and Fiat departed
The 4 year old relationship of Yamaha Motors and Fiat- for Yamaha MotoGP racing - has ,finally, come to an end that experienced a revive at Yamaha's MotoGP campaign by hammering Honda and Ducati. The split was already expected and is now proven by the two companies. Fiat today maintaining its words for No Italian Rider and No Money Policy departed from team Yamaha Racing of the year 2011 MotoGP circuit. Yamaha Motors have been the ever well-known name in the racing circuit and this departion of the corporation with Fiat is not to adversely affect its Yamaha's MotoGP performance.
Yamaha is to currently remain without a title sponsor in the premier class of MotoGP Championship. As per information, it is known that the tobacco company Marlboro is to resolutely remain entrenched as the principal sponsor of the Ducati MotoGP team for entire session of 2011 MotoGP and thus would dash many Italian fan's dream combination of Rossi-Ducati and Fiat.
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