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Well,… pada peresmian paddock baru di Silverstone Circuit… Valentino Rossi juga diikutsertakan…. !!! Lha wong Rossi adalah seorang legenda pembalap…. dan mengingat ia sekarang membela panji Ducati… maka ia pun menggunakan motor Ducati 1198 untuk mengitari track Silverstome …!!! 😀

Pada awalnya…. ia menggunakan Ducati1198 yang memang telah disediakan… namun ketika menggunakan beberapa laps… ternyata Ducati 1198 yang disediakannya itu ada masalah di perangkat electronicnya… sehingga motor tersebut kudu masuk ke pit untuk dicheck… !!!

“I really had fun,” said Valentino Rossi before leaving for Italy. “After a few laps with the 1198 Superbike, we had a problem with the electronics and decided to use the 1198 street bike that Ducati’s UK affiliate rushed to us. I really liked riding that bike here. The track is nice—difficult and very technical. It makes you work hard because there are very fast sections where having the right trajectory is important, and others that are very narrow where you have to have good grip under acceleration. The first turn is completely blind, and you must hold a very precise line, and in general the entire first section is really great, definitely the part I like most. In short, I enjoyed it, especially because there were many drivers and riders who have great histories in motorsports, like John Surtees, who told me that he raced here in the ’50s. I wasn’t following racing then,” joked the Italian, “but he was great.”

Akhirnya.. ia menggunakan Ducati 1198 Street bikez …. yang masih ada mirrornya bahkan lengkap dengan plat nomor nya ….!!! Ia sangat menikmati riding dengan street bikez ini… !!! Rossi pun berjumpa dengan John Surtees… salah seorang legend Motosportz …!!! Last,.. circuit ini akan digunakan pula pada gelaran MotoGP seri ke 7 tanggal 12 Juni 2011… !!! So kita tunggu saja kiprah Rossi…. di circuit ini …!!! 😀