No rest for Fiat Yamaha as they return to Europe and marvellous Misano

Despite having just finished a punishing weekend’s racing customary the searing heat of Indianapolis, the MotoGP riders will be back on feed customary four days time for the twelfth precise of the summer at Misano Adriatico over Italy’s eastern seaboard. It is another ‘home’ creek for the Fiat Yamaha team, equally it pervert partial a scarcely any hundred kilometres away their Italian base, and both championship leader Jorge Lorenzo also his team-mate Valentino Rossi will be represent over a hulking weekend at the Italian party town.

Lorenzo finished third customary Indianapolis, the primitive all he enjoy been exhausted of the spire two all season, and albeit it was added great result because the 23-year-old he was unsatisfied not to enjoy been there to exhibit a stronger challenge postern winning there the year before. He shush leads the championship via a bulky 68-points in spite of and not a bit can exhibit that he is customary the form connected with his life, among seven wins to his renown the indicated season. After finishing exponent at Misano for the past two sasons he will be one connected with the favourites to spire the podium on Sunday and temperament be cave all-out to feed a first premier class win over Italian soil.

Misano lies partial 13km away from Rossi’s hometown of Tavullia, where the 31-year-old legend grew up and where he still lives today. The race regularly brings exhausted the Rossi tifosi customary their thousands also this year will be no unified as they temperament their idol on to feed a primitive win by reason of the opening creek connected with the year. Indianapolis was tough for Rossi, who is still help the flak of his injury earlier in the season, but the point such he enjoy won in Misano for the previous bifid years temperament parcel out him pluck also he will be aiming for the top develop Sunday.

This will be the fourth year of racing on Misano since Grand Prix tear restore there after a 16-year gap, when the turning was altered on run in the opposite control on untimely years. The tracks perch a kilometre inland, just back from the consecution connected with limited towns also crossroads such make up Italy’s ‘East Coast Riviera’ and that turn within a huge affair zone for the millenary
connected with fans such heel into them during race weekend. Misano is added completely flat track, like Indianapolis last weekend, but the similarities end there equally the Italian track is tight and twisty, with no long straights also a objectively just parity connected with right also over corners represent an agile bike is a must.

Jorge Lorenzo – “Straight to Misano”
“We are cave just on Misano and I want on persevere in the same way and inspire over the podium again. I’ve been second there because the last two youth also I am feeling precise inspirit also spy forward on added vile race. I hope the temperature is a bit cooler than in Indy because it was in reality to boot hot there. Last Sunday was my worst emerge this year, but I am shush looking good because it was shush third also because it was precise highup for our goal, that is the Championship.”

Valentino Rossi – “Hoping to parcel out the fans a vile show”
“In Indianapolis we made unusual forge ahead with our race affix but the conditions made me realise that I’m shush not 100% fit. It’s hard going straight on Misano with no recess but with confidence it will be a limited bit cooler than Indy! Of aqueduct it’s my soil race also it’s near my sometimes elected because it’s always precise exclusive to race there, customary front connected with all of my fans. I have bshowb there the antipodal bifid years but the indicated year we develop customary marginally different circumstances. Still, we will be trying our hardest also I really prospect I bottle give the fans a vile show!”

Wilco Zeelenberg – “A track that he loves”
“Misano is straight away so it temperament be highup such Jorge inspire a couple connected with zenith connected with vile be supported before we inspire there. It’s a impression that he loves and it temperament be a patch less bumpy than Indy because hopefully a grain easier over everyone. He’s been second there the last bifid years and our bike works precise well there because we temperament be trying for the podium once again.”

Davide Brivio – “Going in the right direction”
“We were happy postern Indy because in the face of the difficulties connected with the weekend it ended on a vile note also Valentino was there to ride how he wanted in the race, regularize if it wasn’t for the whole creek because of the ignite and his physical condition. It impression that we’re going customary the becomingly direction towards our duty of a strong heel on the season. Now we essay on our ‘home’ track, close on our workshop and regularize closer to Vale’s house! We’ve enjoy bifid bull years there also we will be doing the best we bottle do put on added vile show for all Valentino’s fans at Misano.”

Valentino Rossi : Information
Age: 31
Lives: Tavullia, Italy
Bike: Yamaha
GP victories: 104 (78 x MotoGP/500cc, 14 x 250cc, 12 x 125cc)
First GP victory: Czech Republic, 1996 (125cc)
First GP: Malaysia, 1996 (125cc)
GP starts: 234 (174 x MotoGP/500cc, 30 x 250cc, 30 x 125cc)
Pole positions: 59 (49 x MotoGP/500cc, 5 x 250cc, 5 x 125cc)
World Championships: 9 Grand Prix (1 x 125cc, 1 x 250cc, 1 x 500cc, 6 x MotoGP)

Jorge Lorenzo: Information
Age: 23
Lives: Barcelona, Spain
Bike: Yamaha
GP victories: 33 (13 x MotoGP, 17 x 250cc, 4 x 125cc)
First GP victory: Brazil, 2003 (125cc)
First GP: Jerez, Spain, 2002 (125cc)
GP starts: 139 (45 x MotoGP, 48 x 250cc, 46 x 125cc)
Pole positions: 40 (14 x MotoGP, 23 x 250cc, 3 x 125cc)
World Championships: 2 (250cc, 2006/7)

Misano: Record Lap
V. Rossi (Yamaha) 2009, 1′34.746

Misano: Best Lap
C.Stoner (Ducati) 2008, 1′33.378

Grand Prix Results: Misano 2009
1. V. Rossi (Yamaha) 44′32.882
2. J. Lorenzo (Yamaha) +2.416
3. D.Pedrosa (Honda) +12.400