The pros and cons of being the Dr.
Seams the incident between Rossi and Stoner at Jerez is far from over and is to be investigated by the FIM, anyone who witnessed the crash can see how around 10 marshals went to help Rossi and left Stoner struggling all alone trying to start his bike, and only after Rossi took off a couple of them went to help Stoner and did a bad job.
Shoulder lack strength
Last night qualifying battle was between the two Repsol Honda team mates Stoner and Pedrosa, but Stoner was faster and managed to beat Pedrosa…Lorenzo came 3rd.
The surprise was that Rossi came 9th and after qualifying Rossi said that his shoulder was fine now but lack enough strength to keep up the pace, on the technical side he also confirmed that they made some improvement to the bike and there is a lot to be made but its not possible at time being.
Tonight at 10pm the real race starts, and we believe its going to be very competitive.
Feeling lucky ?
Pro Italia Motorcycles is raffling a signed Valentino Rossi Face AGV GP Tech helmet, the raffle tickets are $5 each, only 1000 tickets are available.
Raffle tickets can be purchased online, a winner will be drawn at random after the 13th of March, and Pro Italia will ship the helmet free of charge to the winner anywhere in the world.
Leading from the back
Lorenzo may have won the championship today but the Dr. definitely won the race, and am sure Rossi will not stop amusing us the final 3 rounds of season.
Personally i can’t wait for the 2011 season to see Rossi competing from on top of the Ducati.
If you missed Japan round of MotoGP
Here is the best part.
Go Dani go
Dani Pedrosa delivered a spectacle performance yesterday at Sachsenring, the star of the race was Rossi who made a great come back and was about to finish with a podium spot but Stoner managed to over take him at the final corner of the race.
The Doctor is back
According to the official MotoGP website, the doctor will be back on the saddle and racing this weekend in Germany.
Q&A with Vale
1. Vale, first question: how are you and are you still in pain?
The positive thing is that the worst is past and that the two operations went well, so everything is okay. Now I am expecting a difficult period, in which I have to be aware of the risk of infection and in which I must remain with the leg constantly elevated. Then there will come a second key period, when I will be able to start my rehabilitation and, with support on the leg, will be able to start to walk around with crutches.
2. Dr. Buzzi talked about a rehabilitation period of about five or six months, what do you think? Read more
Vale is out
The crash Rossi had yesterday during the practice session left him with a broken tibia and fibula of the right leg, he was operated on for around 3 hours and the surgery was a success…the doctors used Spinal Block (epidural) insted of general anesthesia which means that Rossi was awake during the surgery and can see and hear all the cutting and drilling to his leg but without feeling any pain.
The bad news is that he will be out of the track for around 5 month, so today’s race at Mugello will be with out Rossi.
Race start at 2:30pm on Jazeera Sport +3.
Rossi race replica
For Dh57000, at Yamaha Dubai.