Valentino Rossi recorded a bad time at the German MotoGP qualifying session, Saturday, July 16, 2011. Ducati was incised time of 1 minute 23.320 seconds and start placing it in position 16 of the 17 participants.
This result is clearly disappointing for Rossi who has won five times at the Sachsenring Circuit, Germany. In fact, Rossi is the only Ducati rider who uses the latest motorcycles, GP11.1, in qualifying session.
"We are very disappointed because it was trying very hard this weekend. I'm very slow and almost (start) the last," lamented Rossi in the MotoGP official website. "I tried this motor with a 1000cc engine and perform quite well. But with a 800cc motorcycle engine it's so hard to ride, "he added.
This result is clearly disappointing for Rossi who has won five times at the Sachsenring Circuit, Germany. In fact, Rossi is the only Ducati rider who uses the latest motorcycles, GP11.1, in qualifying session.
"We are very disappointed because it was trying very hard this weekend. I'm very slow and almost (start) the last," lamented Rossi in the MotoGP official website. "I tried this motor with a 1000cc engine and perform quite well. But with a 800cc motorcycle engine it's so hard to ride, "he added.