2011 MotoGP, Ducati, and the ups and downs of a turbulent season

The 2011 season of Moto GP Ducati in the world now come to more than half of the races you can not just say, satisfactory. If in winter you could imagine that you would going against the difficulties, the arrival on the Italian bike and winning the largest driver of modern motorcycling was thought to have been able to give something extra. So it was, Smith found himself in trouble early on to manage the whims of the red as never before happened to him. Too often the doctor was forced to fight for ranking positions than ever belonged to him in his long career. At Ducati, nobody would have imagined that Rossi would have ended up contending for placement between the second lines of the box with his partner Nicky Hayden.

Ducati MotoGP Project Director of Team, Alessandro Cicognani, however, between a partially positive rating than done so far or "Let's just say it was a difficult start, we expected much more, and instead there were some problems with the recovery of the shoulder Vale and finding the right feeling between Nick and his bike Then came some good results, such as the first podium in Jerez with Nicky and the Vale of Le Mans with .. but then reappeared some uncertainty. But I am convinced that now, the rate reached is the right one, we will continue in this direction ... Our goal is to improve day after day, race by race, we want to be competitive for the win and we will strive constantly to achieve this result "

Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/PAWVPYJqlHw/2011+MotoGP+Ducati+ups+downs+turbulent+season

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