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Valentino Rossi's opinion on his physical condition was "My mobility has improved a lot, and I no longer think my physical limitations cost me a second; let’s say I lose five or six tenths, especially on braking and in corner entry."
His opinion of the lap times he was putting in was "In any case, the overall evaluation of the Test is definitely good; today we’re a second off the top riders, and also in the afternoon, riding with race tyres, the distance stayed around seven or eight tenths."
To me that says that a fully fit Rossi thinks he'll be about 2 tenths of a second behind the fastest bike. It's a pity that he doesn't think he'll be fully fit until May. Until he is fully fit he won't be able to provide feedback about how the bike behaves when he's riding at 100% of his physical ability. At that point I expect the bike to improve a bit more.
Although Rossi won't win the world championship this year I suspect he'll get a few race wins in the second half of the season.
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