ROSSI first test ride on the yammie

[terrine]

motogp riders are testing at sepang malaysia.
best time recorded yet is max biaggi on the honda at 2.02.585
rossi in his first laps on the yamaha recorded a best of 2.03.80
he was the best of the 4 yamaha riders and outpaced a few of the 8 hondas testing.
when he dials in we will see if the inline 4 can match it with the v5 honda...that remains the big question..is the inline 4 obsolete?

r/peter

[wayno]

It definately seems like the inline fours last chance doesn't it? Ah well, if Rossi can't make it work then I doubt that anyone can. It's gonna be fun finding out though!

[terrine]

second day of testing...
rossi improves his best time to 2.03.17 and still remains the fastest yamaha.

r/peter

[brchi17]

Originally posted by terrine
second day of testing...
rossi improves his best time to 2.03.17 and still remains the fastest yamaha.

r/peter

Any news on who was the fastest & what time they did ???

cheers. :)

[terrine]

honda have completed testing and maxs time is above
rossi has finished too now and his best was 2.02.75
thats only a fraction behind the best honda and a full second ahead of the next best yammie in testing..charlie checa.
they will be back at the sepang circuit for more testing in 2 weeks

r/peter

[Earnhardt-3]

Rossi was lapping quicker on the M1 than times from the GP there in October aboard the RC211V.... and was only a tenth off Biaggi's testing times... Hmmm... gunna be a good season!

[brchi17]

Here's a bit more detailed article i found on this subject on Australian Car Directory (http://www.australiancardirectory.com.au)

Rossi Finally Rides Yamaha

26/01/04 SEPANG - In gruelling heat Valentino Rossi (Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Team) was inside his own previous lap record of 2m 03.82 seconds at the 5.548km Sepang track in testing today.

He recorded a best time of 2m 02.75 seconds in the final session of this intensive three-day test putting in a total of 59 laps. But the reigning MotoGP World Champion is keen to put in more hard development work here in just over two weeks time.

"We did some good work," he said. "The time we made was good for a first test, but tyres and chassis settings were the main aim here. I've really enjoyed my first three days with Yamaha, I'm very happy. There's still work to do on the engine and we'll carry on with that, but overall things have been good."

The World Champion's Crew Chief Jerry Burgess was quietly satisfied with events. "I guess we're doing okay," he said. "We've achieved enough for a fast time and we were running according to the Michelin test programme. Things have been very harmonious in terms of integration with Yamaha and now we'll go away and work on whatever the Yamaha Development Group have got for us."

Rossi's team-mate Carlos Checa (Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Team) who rode a best lap of 2m 03.72 seconds during an arduous 88-lap stint, was happy with the endurance work he did and feels there is more to come from chassis settings in the weeks ahead.

"The bike feels better with the 16.5-inch front tyre," said the hard-charging Spaniard who tried both 17-inch and 16.5-inch fronts. "The race endurance test was not so bad, and this was only the first test of the season. Of course we've got more to do but we have all we need to achieve results."

Checa's Crew Chief Antonio Jimenez was content with the three days work at this early stage of the testing programme. "The race simulation distance test provided valuable information for us," he said. "We were focussed on that and this is just the beginning of our programme."

Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Team Director Davide Brivio was frank about his surprise at the rapid progress made here at Sepang. "I didn't honestly expect we'd be at his level so soon," he said. But the Italian expressed caution too. "All our competitors will work hard this winter too, but this is a good first test to motivate everyone in the team and everyone from Yamaha."

Marco Melandri (Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Team) rode 52 laps and put in a best time of 2m 05.55 seconds. "Better than yesterday," said the tough Italian, still sore from recent shoulder surgery. "In the end the bike was okay but I took time to adjust to the 16.5-inch front tyre I tried today. At the moment my mind is strong but not my body."

Norick Abe (Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Team) couldn't quite make the most of a selection of Michelin tyres that suited his style well. "That was a bit so-so," said the experienced Japanese rider. "We're still not quite there with the settings, but we have not worked together before as a team. Even so I couldn't get the time I felt the tyres were capable of." Abe rode 52 laps with a best lap of 2m 05.05 seconds.

Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Team Director Herve Poncharal believes his newly formed team benefited greatly from this Yamaha-only test. "We needed this first test to establish communication with new riders. For Marco this is his first ride since Phillip Island last year and he's not 100% fit yet. The 16.5-inch front tyre is helping him and we weren't here for lap times anyway - that's not an excuse - it's a fact. Norick is more of a racer than a tester and he looks very motivated. As the team begins to understand his needs more, we can expect more from him too."

enjoy. :)

[wayno]

Go Valentino!!!!! The guy's a genius. With the season starting in April, I think that Yamaha will be competitive right out of the box (here'e hoping!).

[terrine]

"The most revealing test session of the preseason so far begins today in Malaysia, with no fewer than eleven top teams descending on the Sepang International Circuit for three days of intense development work.

MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi will come face to face with his former Honda colleagues for the first time since his controversial switch to Yamaha, whilst the likes of Ducati, Suzuki, Kawasaki and Aprilia are all sure be comparing their latest bike and rider combinations with the two giant Japanese factories."

cant wait for testing results.........

r/peter

[Glen Alexander]

Here's a pic of The Doctor on his Yammie. Now this is a model Minichamps must make in 1:12, will look great next to my other Rossi bikes.

[terrine]

glen.....i havent even seen your photo yet and i want it....
rossi on the right stuff;)

i saw the rossi rc211v, the 02 bike i think, for sale on a septic website last week so they cant be too far away.
r/peter

[Glen Alexander]

I have a bid on ebay Germany at the moment for 1 Euro for the 2002 RC211V!!! 4 days to go, it will go up, but I hope not!! Or you can buy direct from Minichamps, it'll cost about $83 posted if you work out conversion rates. $51.25Euro.

[terrine]

whats the addy?

r/peter

[Glen Alexander]

I just typed in Valentino Rossi, and it came up in the results..... I checked the 'Worldwide' box when I did the search.

[terrine]

man, thats too hard...
it will be in your myebay

just post the link for us

thx/peter

[Glen Alexander]

Here you go... There was a few there, but they all had different prices, some US, some UK and EURO ones.... I've been waiting for this sucker for ages.... If this auction goes too high, I'll buy one direct from Minichamps..

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3586909573&category=37117&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBBI%3AIT&rd=1

[terrine]

thx glen

whats the postage do you know?
i have only ever bought one car from germany and the postage was exorbitant and the bugger didnt supply the COA...
arrgh got me...and he is one of the big wigs on scale18.com forum, but i wont say too much about that...ULF!!!!!

surely they cant be to far away here you would you think?
admin? anybody?

r/peter

[Glen Alexander]

Not sure on postage, but if I get the model for a few EURO, it won't really matter.....

But it's definately going up, there's another there I noticed for 25 EURO..... It should be out here soon I would say.

[terrine]

i wont be buying from germany again...i was informed there was a 5 kg minimum on international shipping by deutsch post...so one or 3 were all the same cost to ship....the 3 price
...aarrgh...ich bin ein dumkopf


r/peter

[Earnhardt-3]

The M1 looks awesome with just the carbon fairing. I reckon it would be cool if they just ran it like that for the year!

I saw a Ducati 999R with a plain carbon fairing at the MC News Expo at the Phillip Island GP in October.... that looked just as good!

Brad.

[Earnhardt-3]

Any of you guys ride?

[terrine]

used to ride...now too old, too fat, too scared
last bike was fj1100

some times released from motogp.com

Max Biaggi (Honda) 2'02.693
Colin Edwards (Honda) 2'02.939
Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 2'03.1
Sete Gibernau (Honda) 2'03.121
Loris Capirossi (Ducati) 2'03.883
Nicky Hayden (Honda) 2'03.915
Makoto Tamada (Honda) 2'04.072
Troy Bayliss (Ducati) 2'04.208
Carlos Checa (Yamaha) 2'04. 5
Shinya Nakano (Kawasaki) 2'04.906
Alex Hofmann (Kawasaki) 2'05.506
Marco Melandri (Yamaha) 2'05.6
Alex Barros (Honda) 2'05.980
Norick Abe (Yamaha) 2'06.35
Neil Hodgson (Ducati) 2'06.948
Ruben Xaus (Ducati) 2'07.

colin edwards back on a honda.........

r/peter

[Glen Alexander]

Never ridden a bike in my life, I am respecting my parents wishes for me not to. I'd probably kill myself anyway!!! :(

[terrine]

day 2

Max Biaggi (Honda) - 2'02.7
Colin Edwards (Honda) – 2’02.845
Nicky Hayden (Honda) – 2’02.855
Sete Gibernau (Honda) – 2’02.914
Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) – 2’03.001
Carlos Checa (Yamaha) – 2’03.317
Makoto Tamada (Honda) – 2’03.490
Troy Bayliss (Ducati) – 2’03.748
Loris Capirossi (Ducati) – 2’03.914
Shinichi Itoh (Honda) – 2’03.936
Kousuke Akiyoshi (Suzuki) – 2’03.943
Shinya Nakano (Kawasaki) – 2’04.318
Alex Barros (Honda) – 2’04.427
Alex Hofmann (Kawasaki)– 2’04.568
Norick Abe (Yamaha) – 2’04.577
Marco Melandri (Yamaha) – 2’05.137
Gregorio Lavilla (Suzuki) – 2’05.290
Neil Hodgson (Ducati) – 2’05.524
Ruben Xaus (Ducati) – 2’05.628
Jeremy McWilliams (Aprilia) – 2’05.934
Shane Byrne (Aprilia) – 2’06.255
Andrew Pitt (Moriwaki) – 2’06.416

[ferrari fan]

If you are into bikes ,check out the BIG scale Minichamps models shortly in a retailshop near you!

[terrine]

testing finished yesterday and only 6 bikes lapped under 2.03
5 hondas and rossi

Nicky Hayden (Honda) – 2’02.041
Max Biaggi (Honda) – 2’02.108
Sete Gibernau (Honda) – 2’02.496
Colin Edwards (Honda) – 2’02.597
Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) – 2’02.746
Makoto Tamada (Honda) – 2’02.962

The action now moves over to Australia, where Honda, Yamaha, Ducati and Aprilia will all be testing at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria, beginning on Tuesday 17th February

r/peter

[terrine]

more of the same, a honda stampede
yamaha and rossi stil have lots to do
could be an interesting season, the doc will have to outride the obviously grossly inferior yamaha (ouch that hurt)

final times

Max Biaggi (Honda): 1’30.21 (62 laps)
Colin Edwards (Honda): 1’30.45 (31 laps)
Sete Gibernau (Honda) : 1’30.60 (41 laps)
Nicky Hayden (Honda): 1’30.68 (83 laps)
Valentino Rossi (Yamaha): 1’30.80 (78 laps)
Alex Barros (Honda): 1’30.88 (74 laps)

r/peter

[wayno]

Originally posted by ferrari fan
If you are into bikes ,check out the BIG scale Minichamps models shortly in a retailshop near you!

Already got my Baylis 2001 Ducati in this scale on order. Don't even know what it will cost yet but don't really care.

[ferrari fan]

These are frightfully nice, I as yet do not have the "Bayliss" thunder, Hopefully will be successfull, seems to have been completely sold out:mad:
The little series with the magazine seems to be nice as well, hopefully they do the old ones soon for the old kotshers like mois.

[terrine]

still the man...
"Valentino Rossi started the 2004 MotoGP season in exactly the same way he finished in 2003, topping the rider standings and driving home in a brand new BMW Z4 after the MotoGP Official Test at the Circuit de Catalunya. Rossi, riding the Yamaha YZR-M1, set a lap of 1’44.571 during the 40-minute timed and televised ‘Official Practice’ this afternoon despite cool track temperatures at the Barcelona venue to win the sports convertible ahead of Honda riders Colin Edwards and Sete Gibernau. Rossi now also leads the BMW Award – MotoGP Best Qualifier competition, with a model 645Ci on offer at the end of the season for the riders with the lowest accumulated qualifying times, and has delivered a huge psychological blow to the pretenders to his World Championship crown"motogp.com

loris capirossi clocked 347kph on the duke...WOW

r/peter

[terrine]

anyone watch the GP bikes last nite or were you all busy watching the logies?

rossi becomes the only the second rider (our BAZZAthe other) to win the opening round of the premier class 4 years running..one of many records this bloke will smash
how good is he, and how much better is the 04 yammies handling, but JB will have to find some straight line speed or he is dead in the water at faster tracks.

r/peter

[toad]

I watched it. He is definitely the master.

[Glen Alexander]

I caught the last 10 laps on my break at work last night, I was on the edge of my seat!!!! He was also the first person ever to win consecutive races on 2 different makes...... I was even moved myself when he got off the bike and appeared to be crying on the side of the circuit!!!! I can't wait for more of the Minichamps Rossi bikes to come out!!!!

[brchi17]

I missed the first 5 laps of the race, but like Glen, was watching the race from the edge of my seat. Thank god for live coverage on Fox as it has got to be one of the best races I've ever watched.

What I thought was interesting, was how Rossi was able to keep Max at an arm's length even when he was following. Sure things will be a lot different when they head to more open tracks, as the Honda seem to have much better drive off the corners.

I think this just shows the world how good Rossie is & just how average Max is (compared to Rossi), considering he now has superior equipment.

cheers. :)

[terrine]

Originally posted by brchi17
.....I think this just shows the world how good Rossie is & just how average Max is (compared to Rossi), considering he now has superior equipment.

cheers. :)

yes brad, i couldnt agree more with your support of rossi but i think you are a bit hard on biaggi a 4 time 250 champ and the second most succesful 250 rider of all time.
after 3 years of getting horsewhipped he seems to lack a little confidence IMO, he rode a very timid race with apparent superior horsies.
if max were head rossi in a few races you may see a return to the arrogant form that got him the nick the roman emporer.
now thats what i would like to see compete against rossi

r/peter

[Y2Joel]

Saw it, Rossi earnt my respect. I'm a big Max Biaggi, but I'm sure he'll be Honda's major championship contender. Gibernau was a little disappointing. Who saw the 250's? What a fightback from Porto.

[the collector]

It's shows how much talent Rossi got.
He's a class above the others on his talent.
The late and great Barry Sheen said he's a talent to watch out for back when Rossi ran at Phillip Island in the 125 class.
He'll be up against it at the faster tracks for sure, but the bike and him are going to get faster.!

Rock on Rossi.....:D

[wayno]

I watched all three races despite having to get up at 03:45 to go to work! Taped all three and will be keeping them. WOW!!!!! If that's the standard of racing we are going to see this year in all three divisions it is going to be awesome! Those were three of the best races I've ever seen.
We saw an Aussie podium, a legendary ride from 22nd to 3rd and Rossi become the first ever rider to win back to back races on different makes of bike. Classic stuff!
I can't wait for the rest of the season.

[Earnhardt-3]

While Rossi can definately handle a bike, remember it's the rest of the guys like Jeremy Burgess (who also defected from Honda with Rossi) who have taken the M1 from mid pack runner to a race winning package.

Awesome performance all round from the Yamaha team.

Was there anyone else in the race apart from Rossi and Biaggi? If so, you could have fooled me!

Take nothing away from Rossi, awesome performance. Interesting to see how emotional he appeared to be when he finished the race, stepping off the bike and sitting on the ground.

BRING ON JEREZ!!!!!:D


PS - Where were ya Baylisstic? :eek:

[brchi17]

Originally posted by Earnhardt-3
PS - Where were ya Baylisstic? :eek:

Apparently 14th about 9sec from 13th.

He was running (testing) a different diameter front wheel,which didn't work.

cheers. :)

[Y2Joel]

Capirossi did the smart thing of sticking with what he knew with the 17 inch front and Baylis went to the 16.5 inch front because he will have to use it sooner or later, but in a race situation, not a good idea. He's also just having trouble with the bike in general.

[terrine]

Originally posted by terrine
yes brad, i couldnt agree more with your support of rossi but i think you are a bit hard on biaggi a 4 time 250 champ and the second most succesful 250 rider of all time.
after 3 years of getting horsewhipped he seems to lack a little confidence IMO, he rode a very timid race with apparent superior horsies.
if max were head rossi in a few races you may see a return to the arrogant form that got him the nick the roman emporer.
now thats what i would like to see compete against rossi

r/peter

well brad
this was our conversation after the first round
the dark horse (roman emporer) may not be finished yet...
he did look good last nite with barros heckling him


r/peter

[brchi17]

Originally posted by terrine
well brad
this was our conversation after the first round
the dark horse (roman emporer) may not be finished yet...
he did look good last nite with barros heckling him


r/peter

Bloody good race wasn't it !!!

I was suprissed to see Max re-catch (& then ride away from)Rossie towards the end of the race when I thought Rossi was going to run away with it.

Things might have been a bit more interesting had Sete managed to stay on the bike, that said, Max rode a brilliant race & deserved the win.

I'm a little concerned that with all these falls & poor results, we might see Troy Bayless lose his ride at the end of the season.

cheers. :cool:

[Y2Joel]

Originally posted by brchi17
I was suprissed to see Max re-catch (& then ride away from)Rossie towards the end of the race when I thought Rossi was going to run away with it.

I'm a little concerned that with all these falls & poor results, we might see Troy Bayless lose his ride at the end of the season.

cheers. :cool:

Rossi's tyres went off really badly and he didn't do himself any favours. The Yamaha watching it looks like it slides quite a bit more than the Honda.

I wouldn't be worried about Bayliss, he'll probably fall back on a Ducati SBK ride, which wouldn't be bad seeing how bad their MotoGP team is.

[wayno]

I feel Troy will be looking elsewhere for a ride next year. Rossi simply ran out of rubber as the Yam doesn't seem to have the grunt out of the corners that the Honda has and Rossi had to ride much harder to compensate.
Good to see Max back at the pointy end. Sete I feel has psyched himself out and is feeling the pressure. The mid season break will hopefully help him get it all back together.