Champion Rossi quietly satisfied with test work

The World Champion Valentino Rossi came second in Sunday’s Jerez showdown with his predecessor as MotoGP title winner Casey Stoner, but the Fiat Yamaha man made progress in southern Spain and has had a good preseason as he prepares to defend his premier class crown.

現役冠軍Rossi 和上屆冠軍Stoner 都在Jerez賽道、周日時做測試，但是Rossi先前在南西班牙做過測試，並且就像要衛冕自己第一次冠軍一樣的去做好季前準備。

The legendary Italian rider put in a best lap of 1’39.365s in the BMW M Award shootout, leaving him trailing Stoner by a 0.719 gap, but he was in or around the top three on the timesheets consistently over the course of the weekend, just as he was in tests at Sepang and Losail International earlier this year.

這位傳奇的義大利車手在BMW舉辦的活動中最好的時間是1'39.365。離Stoner做出的時間差了0.719秒，但他做出的時間在週末還是還在前三名之中，跟之前在今年西班牙和Losail International測試結果差不多。 

“Firstly the conditions were quite bad in the 45 minute session, but anyway I am quite happy, especially about the work we did yesterday and this morning,” Rossi stated. “We tested a lot of new and different things which worked well and we have found a setting which will be good for the race here at Jerez. I am quite fast with the hard tyres, I feel strong and our speed is ok.”

"在前45分鐘狀況非常的糟，但是無論如何我很高興，特別是對於昨天和今天早上我們所做的努力"，Rossi表示。"我們試了很多新的和不同的東西，而且做的不錯。我們也找到不錯的設定對於之後在Jerez比賽會有幫助。使用硬胎時速度很快，我覺得很不錯而速度也很OK"。

Having been tangled up with San Carlo Honda Gresini’s Toni Elias at one stage and interrupted by the temporary halt in proceedings when Tech 3’s James Toseland crashed heavily, Rossi felt he could have gone quicker on Sunday.

因為第一階段和San Carlo Honda Gresini’s 車手 Toni Elias的糾纏、之後Tech 3’車手 James Toseland發生嚴重車禍中斷測試，Rossi認為在週日的測試他可以更快。

However he nonetheless acknowledged Stoner’s rapid pace when he added, “Over one lap Stoner is faster than me, he did a good time today so congratulations to him. I was a little bit unlucky with the red flag and with Toni Elias. My potential is a little bit faster than I went, but I don’t think it was possible to have gone as fast as CaseStoner。

無論如何，在Stoner加入測試之後，大家認為他領先了一步。"在第一圈之後Stoner速度比我快，我要恭喜他因為他今天做出的成績很不錯。我今天運氣不太好，遇到紅旗暫停又和Toni Elias糾纏住。我的進步空間可能比我想的還多，但是我不認為可以跑的像CaseStone一樣快"。