Dani Pedrosa: Rossi is Rossi…

Dani Pedrosa says Valentino Rossi can never be inexpensive as a title contender, despite the somewhat unpromising start to the seven-time MotoGP world champion's career as a Ducati rider.

Rossi finished the first pre-season test of 2011 in a modest 11th position overall, while Pedrosa – jointly with Honda stablmates Casey Stoner and Marco Simoncelli – have been in the middle of the main pace setters.

Despite this, Pedrosa is refusing to get rid of Rossi from the equation of title challenger, maintaining the Italian has the aptitude to turn things around in time for the start of the new season.

“The great unknown amount will perhaps be Rossi,” he said in his latest blog. “It's his first year with Ducati and in Malaysia he wasn't amongst the fastest riders. But Rossi is Rossi, and you can not at all rely on anything. Even when he's in last place on the Saturday he still has the ability to surprise.”

Additionally, Pedrosa is wary of reigning champions Yamaha, pointing out that and Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies carry on to display the most convincing race pace.

“Right now the Honda RC212V seems to be performance well. We'll see what happens when we get to the first GP of the year, because the whole thing could change there. You never know, but at the instant everything points towards a tough World Championship.

“The Yamaha continues to have a good rhythm lap upon lap. Lorenzo, as the defending Champion, is a rival to beat, and Spies had a huge season in 2010 and will certainly be better this year.”

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Rossi and Hayden to get individual Ducati send-off ahead of Qatar

Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden will be given the full VIP treatment before they head off for the Qatar MotoGP 2011 curtain-raiser next month, with a special Ducati evening in Italy in face of fans and employees.

The public appearance will take place in Piazza Maggiore in the centre of Bologna on the evening of Friday 4 March, with record-breaking numerous world champion Rossi and team-mate Hayden set to be joined by the new Desmosedici GP11 in all its earth-shattering glory, and the event is being billed as a stunning send-off before the team heads overseas to Qatar.

The entire personnel of Ducati's Bologna plant has been invited to be there the evening, whilst supporters from all over the world are likewise invited to join in with the celebrations.

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MotoGP teams will begin official test in Sepang Tuesday

The first official test for the year at the circuit in Sepang today sets into motion what is predictable to be one of the most exciting seasons for MotoGP fans.

The 800cc engines will roar into achievement and taking top billing will be the track debuts of Valentino Rossi for Ducati and Casey Stoner for Honda.

Nine-time world champion Rossi joined Ducati after seven seasons with Yamaha and the test sessions until Thursday will mark the Italian’s first track form generous the familiar red colours with partner Nicky Hayden.

Australian top rider Stoner will do the same after moving out of Ducati to join forces with Spaniard Dani Pedrosa and Italian Andrea Dovizioso. Stoner won the world title with Ducati in 2007.

Attention will also be on reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo of Spain on the new Yamaha machine carrying the No. 1 racing number.

It is the first time since Wayne Rainey protected his title in 1993 for the third successive time with Yamaha that a reigning champion in the premier class is spanning the coveted No. 1 machine.

The Sepang International Circuit (SIC) chief executive officer, Datuk Ahmad Razlan Razali, said that they looked onward to again host the world’s best riders for the first executive tests of the year.

“The new season looks set to be the most thrilling ever.

“There is Lorenzo with the new Yamaha liveries and it will be interesting to see potential strong rivals Rossi and Stoner with their new teams,” he said 

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Rossi to be unveiled in Ducati colours at Wrooom 2011

Ducati’s 2011 MotoGP project will be formally presented this week at Madonna di Campiglio, with the celebration of the customary Wrooom event. The gathering, which takes place at the Italian ski resort at the turn of each new year, will offer media and fans a first detection of Valentino Rossi in Ducati red as the Italian joins team-mate Nicky Hayden for the week-long programme.

The riders, guests and media will arrive on Monday evening after which a busy schedule will begin. On Tuesday morning both Hayden and Rossi will be the focus of concentration as they field questions from the gathered press in person press conferences, following which they will pretense for photographs with Team Manager Vittoriano Guareschi and then meet fans.

Then on Wednesday it will be the turn of Claudio Domenicali, boss of Ducati Corse, to answer enquiries about the new GP11 prototype after which the 2011 machine will be unveiled. Joining the MotoGP riders during the week will be Scuderia Ferrari drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa, who will be on hand to present the Italian Formula 1 team’s 2011 car.

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Ducati don’t need a Yamaha copy

Ducati may be aiming to help Valentino Rossi duplicate his Yamaha success with its Desmosedici, but the Italian factory insists it doesn't need to construct a copy of the M1.

After a 15th place on Rossi's Ducati first appearance during testing at Valencia, Ducati confessed changes will be wanted to allow the seven time MotoGP champion to ride as he would like.

But in spite of so many team members moving with Rossi from Yamaha, team manager Vittoriano Guareschi insists that there is no force to change the Ducati plan philosophy.

"The [new team members from Yamaha] are settling in well. After so many years at Yamaha they be grateful for the soul of our brand," Guareschi told Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport.

“Jerry [Rossi's crew chief] is reassuring. In universal there is peace of mind: we just need to get better the bike, not make a copy of the Yamaha.

"We're going in the way indicated by Valentino for 2011.

"The times [during testing at Valencia] were not very hopeful, it must be said, but after seeing the condition of his shoulder, we felt reassured. Our bike requires strong bodily input and Valentino wasn't fit sufficient in Valencia.”

Rossi has since undergone surgery for the shoulder wound and will be present for the presentation of the 2011 Ducati at the upcoming Wrooom press ski meeting. Rossi's first ride in Ducati red will then take place at Sepang, Malaysia, from February 1-3.

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Aussie Burgess follows Rossi again

Valentino Rossi and Ducati have poached the legendary Australian crew chief Jeremy Burgess from Yamaha in a bid to win a MotoGP title with a third manufacturer.

Rossi and Burgess are the most successful pairing in the MotoGP with seven world championships together over the past 11 seasons.

The Italian, who finished third behind winner Casey Stoner in the Australian Grand Prix last weekend, has insisted Ducati hire Adelaide-based Burgess to supervise his race program in search of an eighth world crown in 2011.

Rossi has never raced in MotoGP without kingmaker Burgess whose credits include world championships with Aussie greats Wayne Gardner and Mick Doohan.

"Jerry stays with me until I retire," Rossi said when asked about the prospect of racing without his trusted wingman.

Burgess left Honda to join Rossi at Yamaha in 2004 and will now work to reinvigorate Ducati, who have not won a title since 2007 with Casey Stoner.

"I've spoken to Ducati and I think it is all going to work out fairly well," Burgess said of his impending switch to Italy's famous red team.

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