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MUGELLO Italian GP (Predictions & Practice/Qual)

Pigeon said:
Valentino Rossi says that his lingering shoulder injury is "a big problem" and that it may not be until after the USGP in July until he is fully fit. The 31-year-old Italian added that he may even need surgery at the end of the season to repair the tendon and cartilage damage in his right shoulder.



Now feeling under "big pressure" for his home race, Rossi goes into the Italian GP at Mugello on Sunday clearly less than 100% fit.



His assessment confirms the opinion expressed by his crew chief Jeremy Burgess earlier on SPEED.com.



While Rossi prefers not to use his shoulder as an excuse it seems the injury is not improving fast enough. Rossi suffered the injury six weeks ago when he crashed a motocross bike during training. He has been treated by MotoGP medical guru Dr. Costa.



"The good thing is that we now understand exactly the situation although it has taken one and half months because always with Dr. Costa you need time to understand the reality," Rossi said. "Unfortunately it is quite bad; I have damaged the cartilage so the problem is that my shoulder is not 100% stable. For a normal person it would be up to four months to be 100% but it is now just 1.5 months since it happened.
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Rossi making sure he has his bases covered. if he wins, he looks good and the boppers go "omg he is the GOAT he can win no matter what blah blah blah" and if he loses they all have a convenient excuse.
 
...and the haters, no matter what Rossi does, will always put it in a negative light
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frosty58 said:
1. stoner

2. lorenzo

3. hayden

4. rossi

5. dovi



all finish within .10th of 1 another!
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that would look awesome at the line.....all side by side and just slightly staggerd!!!



like when they line the bikes up all in a line for the masterbike tests....but they will be doing 180 mph!!
 
FACTORY said:
that would look awesome at the line.....all side by side and just slightly staggerd!!!



like when they line the bikes up all in a line for the masterbike tests....but they will be doing 180 mph!!
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Nice thought, but frosty must be smoking the same .... as melandri to come up with that
 
Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed

GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA TIM

Computerised results and timing service provided by

5245 m.

Mugello

MotoGP

Free Practice Nr. 1

Classification 3

TISSOT

1 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team YAMAHA 1'49.751 23 26 322.4

2 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team YAMAHA 1'50.120 26 27 0.369 0.369 322.4

3 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 1'50.359 22 22 0.608 0.239 322.8

4 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1'50.772 17 21 1.021 0.413 330.2

5 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'50.773 11 23 1.022 0.001 322.8

6 11 Ben SPIES USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1'51.004 24 25 1.253 0.231 322.3

7 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 1'51.128 7 15 1.377 0.124 332.0

8 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'51.255 26 26 1.504 0.127 325.8

9 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 1'51.387 20 25 1.636 0.132 336.7

10 40 Hector BARBERA SPA Paginas Amarillas Aspar DUCATI 1'51.582 16 17 1.831 0.195 339.6

11 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA 1'51.605 14 25 1.854 0.023 320.5

12 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini HONDA 1'51.717 8 21 1.966 0.112 320.4

13 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini HONDA 1'51.782 4 23 2.031 0.065 324.2

14 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pramac Racing Team DUCATI 1'52.202 24 24 2.451 0.420 334.5

15 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Interwetten Honda MotoGP HONDA 1'52.399 26 26 2.648 0.197 322.6

16 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Team DUCATI 1'52.418 23 24 2.667 0.019 335.1

17 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 1'55.257 21 21 5.506 2.839 319.2
 
....... hell, Rossi at Mugello, just take a moment & savour that. I know it's only first practice but one day you won't be able to see such sights.



EDIT: This was my 990 post, significant.
 
Stoner looks out of it

lost his confidence .lost the speed. lost with the bike.
 
Mastodon said:
Rossi making sure he has his bases covered. if he wins, he looks good and the boppers go "omg he is the GOAT he can win no matter what blah blah blah" and if he loses they all have a convenient excuse.
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This is what I call projecting one's own mind on a great champion. You are basically saying he's pretending he's injured? Great.
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Rossi, like all great riders, does not function that way. He' wouldn't be where he is, if he was into your petty calculations.
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So Rossi says his shoulder is worse than he thougt and then goes on to plenty of laps and be quickest at a circuit which would likely punish the shoulder a lot. Sounds about right then
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