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Looks like all's well on the MotoGP front: Riders are doing what they love during the off-season and couldn't be happier.
Nine-time World Champ Valentino Rossi recently got back to powering four wheels, instead of two, racing with the WRC and taking second place at the Monza Rally Show this past weekend. Vale piloted a Ford Focus RS WRC, complete with Monster claw and his now-legendary number 46. Rossi first raced with the WRC in 1995 after winning the 125cc World Title. Since then, The Doctor has raced in three rally competitions, with WRC reporting he will make a fourth appearance during Rally Mexico in 2010.
Rossi's teammate and chief rival, Jorge Lorenzo, also headed up a new venture last week as he took off to Thailand for the beginning of a South East Asia trip to visit the Yamaha Motor Factory in Bangkok. According to MotoGP.com, he then spent the afternoon at the capital city’s most important dealership, the Yamaha Rider’s Club.
But there was one man who still had two wheels cranking out speed between his legs in the form of the new Ducati Aspar rider, Héctor Barberá, who completed his second day of testing at the Jerez Circuit last Friday. According to MotoGP.com, Barberá finished his laps with a best time of 1’41.7, less than 2 seconds off the record he established in this season’s Gran Premio de España.
The newbie had this to say about the final day of testing: "Today has been a day of very complete work. We have centered our efforts in doing tests with the motorbike and the traction control. We have not pursued the times, more we were seeking a good line of work. At the end of the day I have given 20 good laps, and I am happy. The results are not excellent, but I feel that we are on the right road."
Riders will meet up during the month of February, next year, for a scheduled test in Malaysia.
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