Valentino Rossi-A veil of quiet optimism and satisfaction appears on the face of Valentino Rossi after the 7th place in the Estoril MotoGP:”There’s been a bit’better.We start with a better basis and we were able to work well over the weekend to prepare the race.I started knowing what to expect from the bike and managed to remain constant overtime.This is now our potential,we must now work to try to do better.”

Rossi analyzes the Portuguese race: ”I lose too much acceleration and not able to be as effective as others. It ‘s the point where we try to do better. But at least this weekend I managed to be almost ‘beautiful ‘on the bike and push closer to the edge. Here I went a bit ‘stronger than last year’s race, but the gap is larger because others have gone stronger than the front ride very well.”

The number 46 looks to the test: ”The gap has increased, we are in the early nine tenths and we can not ground the horses if we cansolve this problem maybe we could be closer.”