Blaž Štremfelj
The nine-time world champion will also be racing with this year full Yamaha factory support and on a state-of-the-art motorcycle M1, so he says not much has changed, although the first rounds were a bit strange. "I was thrilled this morning as a new adventure began," said the evergreens Italian. “New colors, new team, everything is new, which motivates me a lot and gives me strength to work. It was a little weird at first, but in the end it’s still the same motorcycle, my M1. Even if she changed her clothes, everything remained the same. ”
The biggest change for Rossi is changing the team of mechanics, as they are in his team Petronas SRT from the factory team followed only three members, namely the chief of mechanics David munoz, coach Idalio Gavira, and analyst Matthew Flamigni. “I miss my Australian mechanics, but I saw a lot of desire and a lot of passion in my new team,” Rossi said. “They are very good. They work well and energetically, although we have a lot of things that will need to be fixed. We have to learn all the procedures, so it will be something special even when we stand together at the start of the first race after all these test days. ”
Rossi now shares a garage with his own after the transfer protégés and pupils Franco Morbidelli, which is on the veteran MotoGP left a good impression. "In my opinion, Morbidelli is the best possible teammate, because we know each other very well, we are friends who push each other forward during training. Franco is terrible, as he was already extremely fast today. Nevertheless, I am very happy to be on the team with him as we have a special relationship. I hope we will both be competitive, ” added the Italian.
