Yamaha has done positive things, Valentino Rossi was satisfied after taking the first day of the MotoGP pre-season test at Sepang (28/1). According to him, the motor used in this season is much better than that used last season.
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Rossi became the only Yamaha rider to record the fastest time, in sixth place with 2menit time of 00.233sec left 0806secs from Dani Pedrosa who managed to record the fastest time.
"I forgot when I could be like this. I am always competitive, I am happy because in November (private test at Sepang) we did a good job, we managed to answer the problems that existed during last season. Today's chassis is a new chassis, an evolution of the 2016 chassis. With this chassis, I feel better, more natural and able to perform better when I push, I have a good speed, "Rossi said after the first day's pre-season test at Sepang.
Further Rossi also revealed that he uses a different engine to continue to increase acceleration, as well as fix problems in electronics that occurred in 2017 MotoGP. Meanwhile, on the first day Rossi did not want to insist, after the winter holiday he was still not fit right, especially not yet his condition recovered 100% from a leg injury that could last season, Rossi also prefer to play safe on the first day.
Valentino Rossi prepares to go down again to test the M1 on the second day of the MotoGP pre-season test at Sepang which took place on Monday (29/1), on the second day it seems Yamaha will come down with a motor that is back to natural improvement.