"We tried some different things" - Valentino Rossi

Valentino Rossi: "For me the new engine is on the good way, but still the gap is very big because if you lose 9-10km/h at Jerez, when you have a track with a really long straight it's difficult. We feel something [from the new engine] but we need more. I hope that Yamaha are able to improve a little bit for next year."

"For me, Maverick is always fantastic in the test… able to [push] even more than all the other riders. This means that anyway the bike is good. So from one point of view we are happy, but we need anyway to stay concentrated because we have a lot of work to do before the next season. And for me personally, yesterday we worked more on the settings, we tried some different things, but I was not happy. But today, in ten laps, I was already good. I am half a second from the best lap time but a lot closer than yesterday."


"It was a shame about the weather because we had work to do to make a comparison between the new bike and the old bike. But after the rain we did some work with the new bike in the wet. It was not so bad, but it was only half a day.”
#JerezTest Day2