40-degree trackside temperatures will play a big part in tomorrow's race, says Italian |  |
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SEVEN-TIME world champion Valentino Rossi has said that the heat at Misano racetrack will prove a major factor in tomorrow's GP. Speaking to Eurosport's Randy Mamola, the Italian emphasised that the 40 degree trackside tempeartures would have a big effect on both riders and tyres, as Misano was a stop-start circuit with little time to relax. "This weather is amazing, but I think maybe it's better if you're at the beach than at the track; we're in the wrong place! I definitely prefer this to rain though so after the recent races, when we have never been sure about the weather, this is great. I'm happy about our work because we did a good job with the qualifying tyres this afternoon and we were able to improve with each one, which is important. In the end we couldn't match Casey's time but anyway second on the grid is good for the race. Our race set-up is still not perfect and there are some corners where we need to be faster still, so we have to work to try to improve that tonight. We have a lot of data now from the two days and so we will use this to try to come up with something to try in warm-up tomorrow. I think we can definitely still! improve our race setting a little bit more.” Most of the riders, including Rossi, are carrying chilled drink in the aerodynamic speed humps contained in their leathers, which they consume via a pipe during the race to combat the heat. Rossi qualified in second position, 0.5 seconds behind reigning world champion, Casey Stoner. | |
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