Comments Rossi And Vinales About Their New Ride

Valentino Rossi (Twitter @MotoGP)

JAKARTA - Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales have a new ride for next season's race. The Yamaha YZR-M1 now has a smoother engine and a certain level of added top speed.

The two riders over the course of two days tested the new engine and chassis prototype from Yamaha and gathered as much data as possible to take to tests in Jerez next week. They hope to build a general racing package there.

Rossi did experience technical problems on the second and final day of the pre-season test in Valencia, Wednesday, November 20 local time, but was able to record a time in 9th overall.

"The test was positive, I'm quite happy because we did well. It is important for us to try this new bike, the 2020 prototype. The bike is good, not too bad. We still have a lot to improve, but we have improvements," said the nine-time world champion. that.

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Meanwhile, Vinales finished P2 on the first day and topped the second day ahead of the two Petronas Yamaha SRT team riders, Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli. The Spaniard was 0.932 seconds ahead of Rossi's record time. Although not quite satisfied, he found a new engine and chassis that were working quite well.

"We still have to keep working, but this test is positive because we brought significant changes, and that's the most important thing. The grip here at Valencia was fantastic during the test, so if the grip is low at Jerez, we will know. Right now I feel there is potential and we are. must understand how to make it happen, "said Vinales in a written statement on the team's official website.

"Jerez has a completely different track design. A good track for the test, because usually if the bike goes well there then he will be fine anywhere. There will look how strong we are."

This is the last Valencia test in MotoGP considering that starting next year the session will be canceled due to an increase in the series of races on the 2021 calendar. The final pre-season test of this year will be held in Jerez on Monday and Tuesday next week.