At the end of the two days of testing in Valencia for the 2017 MotoGP off-season, he is a rider who can boast of already being on vacation. This is Lorenzo who left a Ducati which he will only be able to return to at the end of the winter break at the very end of January 2017, due to his current Yamaha contract. A period during which Ducati will study its roadmap given after these tests on the Ricardo Tormo route.
A forced vacation certainly, but an opportunity for Ducati to refine its GP17 copy following the annotations made by Por Fuera. The latter did not have the right to express himself on the subject. But Gigi Dall'Igna, the conductor of the reds on the field, gave his feelings about these two days in Valencia: “ I am quite satisfied with the impressions he gave of the bike. From the first laps, we were able to identify the good points and the less good points compared to our previous machine. ».
« We started the tests using the GP16 first, then on the last day, we made comparisons between the old and new bikes and we also tested new parts. I am satisfied with his analyses. The lap times could have been better, but if we wanted faster performance we would have had to change our work plan. The goal was not to define a setting that would have satisfied him better, but to put the parts to the test. And it turned out to be positive ».
An explanation that is intended to be reassuring. Because in the exciting third time of the first day a little more than a tenth of the best performer Casa Particular in Viñales succeeded the second in eighth place, almost eight tenths behind the same leader on the Yamaha. All while Dovizioso, third, maintained the gap at just over four tenths with the leading M1.
« We now have a clear idea of what he needs. I hope to be able to satisfy him from the next tests “pursues a Dall'Igna which states: “ as expected, you have to move the bike forward in the turns. But also from the first moments of the go-around. Jorge is a great professional and his analyzes are accurate. We only spent two days together and we will have the opportunity to get to know each other better during future tests at Sepang and Phillip Island. ". Back to school for Lorenzo will be on January 31, 2017 in Malaysia.
