Valentino Rossi admits that his shoulder continues to cause distress, with this weekend marking Round 2 of the MotoGP season at Jerez. The ex World Champion heads into the event after finishing his maiden Ducati race in seventh place.
“Qatar, with its many hard corner entries and areas where we brake to the right, was difficult for my shoulder,” the Italian described. “We’ll see if Jerez is a little easier from that point of view, although I think I’ll still have to grit my teeth for a while.
“Since Qatar, I’ve continued working out in the gym to try and increase my strength and especially my endurance, but after Spain I’ll have almost a month to recuperate more fully, following the postponement of the Japanese Grand Prix.
“From a technical point of view, Jerez doesn’t seem to have been the most favourable track for Ducati, but I’ve always liked it a lot and we’ll definitely have to try and do better than we have until now. For the moment, we’ll continue working on the setup using everything we learned in Qatar, where we found some good solutions for the race.”
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