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Rossi Seventh After Difficult Weekend

Italian Ducati rider Valentino Rossi experienced a difficult weekend at the Brickyard. The multiple world champion couldn’t manage to match his times from the cooler free-practice sessions in the qualifying session and in the race, when he lapped at the pace of the second group.

The Italian concluded the race a lonely seventh, after struggling because of the lack of grip that he suffered a few laps after the start. His American team mate Nicky Hayden had to watch the race from the garage. The injured Ducati rider then returned home to nearby Kentucky, where in the course of the next two days Hayden will decide whether or not to race in the Czech Republic Grand Prix on Sunday.

Valentino Rossi
“It was a very complicated weekend. We expected it a little bit because last year was also challenging, but there were also some positive signs these two days. In the morning practice sessions and also in today’s warm-up, I was able to ride a bit better, with a pace of around 1:40.5. In the race though, with the higher temperatures of the afternoon, the rear tyre started to slide a lot after just a few laps. The harder I tried to push, the more it slid, so I actually went slower. I tried to stay with the others but I closed the front twice, and I nearly crashed. At that point, I decided to make it to the finish without making mistakes. I’m pleased that we go directly to Brno next week because it’s a track that I like a lot and last year we had a decent race. Then we’ll also have a test where we’ll try to take a good step forward with the bike because there are only seven rounds until the end and we have to do some better races.”

Nicky Hayden
“To miss any race is tough, but to miss my home GP is extremely difficult. Still, I realize that I had a pretty big one yesterday and was knocked out for quite a while, so to be here today more or less okay is positive. There’s no really big damage, although injuries to the right hand are always worse than the left. Even if I thought I could have ridden today, the doctors wouldn’t have cleared me because I was knocked out for so long. Concussions need to be taken seriously, so I don’t fault them for that. It was really difficult watching the race. It would have been tough today, but we were improving through the weekend, and I had a pretty decent pace. That’s how it goes sometimes. I’ll try to get healthy and come back as soon as possible.”

Press release courtesy of Ducati Team.



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