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ROSSI interview after day 2 tests.......

Valentino Rossi finished the second day of testing at Sepang 13th on the timesheet, one place lower than Tuesday, but that didn’t tell anything like the full story.

The seven time MotoGP champion claims he is 'forgetting' about lap times due to the physical limitations of his healing shoulder, and instead concentrating on parts of the track where he can ride normally.

But that doesn’t mean Rossi is downbeat about the shoulder. In fact it’s the opposite.

“The shoulder recovered overnight and this morning I was back to the same level as yesterday morning,” said the Italian, speaking outside the Ducati pits. “So my shoulder doesn’t suffer too much from riding the MotoGP bike. This is a great and important sign, as it means my shoulder is strong enough to resist.

“But if you see my shoulder it is very, very small. I don’t have any muscle. So lap-by-lap I lose power and gain pain. But we can concentrate on power in the next few weeks and arrive in better condition for the next test.

“Unfortunately, we need to develop and improve the bike now. So we tried to concentrate on the parts of the track where I can ride normally and forgot the parts where I lose a lot because of the shoulder.

“We also tried to forget the lap time, because in two or three braking areas I lose one second.”

Physical assessment over, Rossi turned to technical matters.

“We made a good job today and improved the setting,” he began. “We concentrated a lot on the different tyres because when we change from soft to hard the bike has a different reaction compared to the [Yamaha] M1.

“We also tried some different cowling and made some different tests for the aerodynamics [including no wings, see pic]... I used the 2011 fork. We didn’t try the small [42mm] one. I don’t know if we will try it tomorrow.”

Rossi, who took his 46th and final Yamaha victory at Sepang last October, then revealed that he has two main problems to solve.

“The biggest problem for us is the front vibration, we have a bit too much chatter, but tomorrow we will have some card to play to fix the problem,” he said. “Also we have to work on the turning of the bike. This is the second main issue where we have to improve the Desmosedici.

“Otherwise I feel the bike is more mine. I have a better feeling and I can ride more easily. I try to understand the bike and all the systems. Including the traction control. Because it is quite different from the past.

“We have changed the bike a lot since the first test at Valencia. We worked under a different point of view, front, rear, rider position. All small work but at the end the result is a big difference.

“The plan for tomorrow is to fix the chattering and improve the lap time.”

Rossi rode for 42 laps on day two, compared with 30 on day one, and improved his lap time by 0.768sec.

2nd day of testing @ Sepang
1Pedrosa D.Repsol Honda Team2:00.770
2Spies B.Yamaha Factory Racing+0.738
3Dovizioso A.Repsol Honda Team+0.742
4Lorenzo J.Yamaha Factory Racing+0.793
5Stoner C.Repsol Honda Team+0.840
6Bautista A.Rizla Suzuki MotoGP+0.917
7Edwards C.Monster Yamaha Tech 3+0.961
8Simoncelli M.San Carlo Honda Gresini+1.066
9Aoyama H.San Carlo Honda Gresini+1.216
10Hayden N.Ducati Marlboro Team+1.609
11Akiyoshi K.HRC Test Team+1.849
12Puniet R.Pramac Racing Team+1.888

13Rossi V.Ducati Marlboro Team+1.923

14Barbera H.Aspar Team+2.009
15Crutchlow C.Monster Yamaha Tech 3+2.262
16Capirossi L.Pramac Racing Team+2.335
17Abraham K.Cardion AB Motoracing+2.696
18Elias T.LCR Honda MotoGP+3.256
19 T.Yamaha Test Team+3.372
20 T.Yamaha Test Team+4.087

Rossi speaking after Sepang tests...

Rossi said that he was nevertheless happy after the first day of testing: "Rarely have I been so happy about arriving twelth but after the tests at Misano we were rather pessimistic as I was in a lot of pain - stated Rossi - here it's been a lot better, above all this morning when we managed to do 20, 25 laps at a good pace. There is still a lot of work to do, but we have already achieved quite a lot as well: we have worked on the riding position and we are trying to understand, with regard to the numerous little details that we can alter on the bike, what are the best solutions. It's not a question of altering the Ducati's DNA, but of exploiting the bike's strong points and improving the others. Unfortunately I felt rather weak in the afternoon and I was struggling a bit, but I still managed to do around 15 laps. Let's say that I'm in quite a lot of pain at the moment and I don't feel very strong. It would be much better if it was the other way round!".

All 17 MotoGP race riders are present at the Sepang test, which marks the first time Valentino Rossi has ridden in Ducati red and Casey Stoner in full Repsol livery.

Stoner moved ahead of Lorenzo in the final 30 minutes.

Testing continues on Wednesday and concludes on Thursday evening...

1. Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda Team 2m 1.574s (52 laps)

2. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing 2m 1.977s (44 laps)

3. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team 2m 2.024s (61 laps)

4. Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 2m 2.295s (52 laps)

5. Ben Spies USA Yamaha Factory Racing 2m 2.332s (29 laps)

6. Alvaro Bautista ESP Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2m 2.422s (65 laps)

7. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini 2m 2.483s (65 laps)

8. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team 2m 2.507s (57 laps)

9. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2m 2.514s (60 laps)

10. Randy de Puniet FRA Pramac Racing Team 2m 3.152s (63 laps)

11. Kosuke Akiyoshi JPN Honda Test Rider 2m 3.224s (49 laps)

12. Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Team 2m 3.365s (30 laps)

13. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team 2m 3.508s (65 laps)

14. Loris Capirossi ITA Pramac Racing Team 2m 3.695s (63 laps)

15. Hector Barbera ESP Aspar Team 2m 3.767s (59 laps)

16. Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2m 4.009s (62 laps)

17. Toni Elias ESP LCR Honda MotoGP 2m 4.238s (64 laps)

18. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing 2m 4.470s (52 laps)

19. Bike #T1 JPN Yamaha Test Rider 2m 4.717s (58 laps)

20. Bike #T2 JPN Yamaha test Rider 2m 5.235s (48 laps)