{"id":237653,"date":"2017-01-29T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-29T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rtrsports.com\/motogp-rossi-vinales-kick-off-2017-with-sepang-pre-season-test\/"},"modified":"2024-08-09T02:54:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T00:54:19","slug":"motogp-rossi-vinales-kick-off-2017-with-sepang-pre-season-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtrsports.com\/en\/blog\/motogp-rossi-vinales-kick-off-2017-with-sepang-pre-season-test\/","title":{"rendered":"MotoGP: Rossi, Vinales kick off 2017 with Sepang pre-season Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-body\" style=\"color: #545760;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team\u0091s<\/strong> Maverick Vi\u00f1ales and Valentino Rossi successfully start <strong>2017 MotoGP testing.\u00a0<\/strong>They\u00a0completed the first day of official IRTA MotoGP testing in 2017 at the Sepang International circuit in Malaysia, taking third and eighth place in the timesheets.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" style=\"color: #545760;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The Movistar Yamaha MotoGP riders<\/strong> proved to have kept their form despite the winter break, with riders Maverick Vi\u00f1ales and Valentino Rossi ending the first day of the Sepang MotoGP Official Testing in third and eighth place respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15955\" src=\"https:\/\/rtrsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Valentino_Rossi-12.jpg\" alt=\"Valentino_Rossi_2017\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Former Moto3 World Champion and new Yamaha entry Vi\u00f1ales made it seem as if he had been riding the YZR-M1 for years right from the start of the pre-season test at the Sepang International circuit. He was eager to head out on track as soon as the lights turned green and, despite suffering from a lack of grip in the early stages, the Spaniard booked steady progress needing less than three hours to secure third place on the leader board with a 2\u009100.128s lap, 0.447s from first.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you searching for 2017 MotoGP Calendar\u00a0and<a href=\"https:\/\/rtrsports.co.uk\/motogp-hospitality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<\/a>schedule race? ( Scroll our <a href=\"https:\/\/rtrsports.com\/en\/motogp-hospitality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corporate MotoGP Hospitality<\/a> Page)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After a short lunch break the 22-year-old continued his testing programme. Though he was unable to further improve his time, he took some valuable steps in terms of bettering the bike\u0091s set-up and increasing the tyre life, before rain spoiled the last two hours of the session. He wrapped up the day in third place and in a good position for tomorrow, when testing resumes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Teammate Rossi undertook a similar testing schedule, despite not being a 100% fit. The Italian suffered from a severe headache, but didn\u0091t let that stop him from making some kilometres aboard the 2017 YZR-M1 in the Malaysian heat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The nine-time World Champion had as his main goal to verify the data found at the tests in November, in order to build on it over the next two days. His pace steadily increased throughout his morning and afternoon stints, signalling his positive feeling on the bike by setting the eighth fastest time, a 2\u009100.695s, 1.014s from the front. Towards the end of the day the Doctor worked on the performance of the engine and the electronics until rain dampened the track. He didn\u0091t further attempt to better his pace, leaving him eighth in the standings.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #333335;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Maverick Vi\u00f1ales<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"txt\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\n<blockquote style=\"font-style: italic;\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8221; We have been working a lot to prepare before the race season starts and honestly I\u0091m quite surprised. The first day is always difficult, but I\u0091m feeling OK on the bike and physically good, so I\u0091m happy and I want to go back to working on the bike some more. We tried many things today to get a good package and now we focus on comparing many things. We\u0091re doing some difficult work these days before we go out to set a fast lap time, but it\u0091s really useful for the next few tests.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"color: #333335;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Valentino Rossi<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"txt\">\n<blockquote style=\"font-style: italic;\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8221; The first feeling wasn\u0091t so bad, because in this session we finally have the \u0092real\u0091 two bikes that we will use during the championship and they are better than the first prototype that we tested in November, from many points of view. Unfortunately, it was a difficult day today. This morning I woke up with a very bad headache and until 12 o\u0091clock I wasn\u0091t in good shape. After that we were able to do some laps and the feeling was good. In the afternoon we had to finish the work but it started to rain, so we have to wait and hope that in the next two days we will have good track conditions. We will try some new things tomorrow. Today we worked on the engine and the electronics and found some good stuff.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team\u0091s Maverick Vi\u00f1ales and Valentino Rossi successfully start 2017 MotoGP testing.\u00a0They\u00a0completed the first day of official IRTA MotoGP testing in 2017 at the Sepang International circuit in Malaysia, taking third and eighth place in the timesheets. 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