Fiat Yamaha duo, Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo, admit that they are very difficult to stem the dominance of Casey Stoner at Phillip Island, Australia on Sunday (17/10/10).
Indeed, Stoner fascinating look at race at Phillip Island, which is the home of Australian racing driver. Begun the practice sessions to qualifying 2007 world champion racer indeed this, already showing signs of going back to dominate the race
at the circuit, which in three previous seasons are always occupied.
In the qualifying session Stoner recorded the best time to reach pole position. Then, during the race, Stoner was immediately skyrocketed since the red lights extinguished, and kept away from the pursuit of opponents, to touch the finish line.
While the new world champion Jorge Lorenzo was also not able to provide resistance for the Ducati racer. However, Lorenzo could eventually finished second, followed by Rossi in third.
"I'm just trying to do my best. Within a few laps, the gap seems to close but not too much. Then, when I think the distance is getting closer, Casey actually kept away by a distance of more than a tenth of a second.
"By mid-race, I think it's better not to risk too much and just finish in second place. I am happy with this position.
"He's very fast since the start. I thought, I closed to within 1.5 seconds after the first lap and then I saw that I had little hope. The day belonged to Casey." Said Lorenzo
So also with Rossi, the Start of a sequence of eight, Rossi also did not give fight to Stoner. Nevertheless, Rossi could give a pretty good performance, "The Doctor" finally able to compete for three podium after competing with Nicky Heyden.
"At the end of the race, Nicky strong and in some places he's also faster than me. But when you start from the third row and could be on the podium, then it is a good result. I enjoy the races," said Rossi, who strengthens Ducati next season .
"I think, on this track Ducati was faster than the Yamaha. We experienced a similar thing in previous seasons, especially last year when Casey and I come in 100 percent condition to deal with race. At that time, Casey beat me."
In the qualifying session Stoner recorded the best time to reach pole position. Then, during the race, Stoner was immediately skyrocketed since the red lights extinguished, and kept away from the pursuit of opponents, to touch the finish line.
While the new world champion Jorge Lorenzo was also not able to provide resistance for the Ducati racer. However, Lorenzo could eventually finished second, followed by Rossi in third.
"I'm just trying to do my best. Within a few laps, the gap seems to close but not too much. Then, when I think the distance is getting closer, Casey actually kept away by a distance of more than a tenth of a second.
"By mid-race, I think it's better not to risk too much and just finish in second place. I am happy with this position.
"He's very fast since the start. I thought, I closed to within 1.5 seconds after the first lap and then I saw that I had little hope. The day belonged to Casey." Said Lorenzo
So also with Rossi, the Start of a sequence of eight, Rossi also did not give fight to Stoner. Nevertheless, Rossi could give a pretty good performance, "The Doctor" finally able to compete for three podium after competing with Nicky Heyden.
"At the end of the race, Nicky strong and in some places he's also faster than me. But when you start from the third row and could be on the podium, then it is a good result. I enjoy the races," said Rossi, who strengthens Ducati next season .
"I think, on this track Ducati was faster than the Yamaha. We experienced a similar thing in previous seasons, especially last year when Casey and I come in 100 percent condition to deal with race. At that time, Casey beat me."
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