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MotoGP Sepang test: Rossi ‘happy to wait’ for seamless box

Movistar Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi has stated he is happy to wait for a perfected seamless-shift gearbox at the second Sepang MotoGP test as he says it is something you do not mess about with.

Both he and team-mate Jorge Lorenzo had hoped to have a full seamless box at Sepang today but it looks like they will have to wait another couple of weeks before Yamaha will release a fully-finished version.

“We don’t know. For sure I want to try as soon as possible. They have to work quietly because they cannot joke with the gearbox because it is dangerous. I am happy to try the gearbox when it is 100 per cent ready,” said The Doctor, speaking at Sepang.

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Even without he, Rossi finished second on the timesheets, beaten only by a last-ditch effort from Marc Marquez but he revealed his pace is as good as his one-lap speed.

“Is good as I was competitive from beginning till the end. I did a good laptime with the new tyre but also with the older tyre my pace is very similar to Marquez and Lorenzo, and also Pedrosa, so we are there. This is important.

“I am happy because the bike work very well, you can push when you ride and it look like the bike is better. We have a lot of small details where we have to work, we have something for tomorrow and the third day. At the end, Marquez beat me but is just by one tenth.

“It looks like the difference between us and factory Honda remain the same as last year. We are close, we work very much for keep the good pace with the used tyre because last year we lose to Marquez especially for that, he was able to keep the good pace.

“For the braking, is not so bad, I feel better than in the Grand Prix, I can enter the corner better. I don’t know if it is enough.”

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