Preparation GP Austin

Rossi

Valentino Rossi will face the second series of the MotoGP race at Austin in 2013 with a capital of high confidence results he achieved in Losail. Especially in the last race that he successfully carve out a new record.

Rossi started the 2013 season by finishing in second place behind his team mate, Jorge Lorenzo, the MotoGP Qatar. For the Italian rider who during the previous two difficult seasons with Ducati achieve satisfactory results, this is definitely promising.

The success of Rossi on the podium itself was immediately carving a new record. With the result at Losail, Rossi has now recorded at least one podium for 14 consecutive seasons in the primary classroom, passing nicks Giacomo Agostini, who won at least one podium for 13 consecutive seasons.

His appearance in Austin will also be a special opportunity for Rossi as he recorded a start to-218 in the primary classroom, making passing Loris Capirossi who had 217 start. If that is true, but Rossi was later lost to Alex Barros who has 245 starts in the primary classroom.

Rossi then went to Austin are now confidently, despite the preseason private test at the same place some time ago the Honda rider appeared dominant there.

"Austin race will not be easy, but it is definitely a podium in Qatar gave me extra motivation. We've done a good job there and we could go to Austin with certainty," he said in Autosport.

"Our competitors will be very tough, but our target is to bring home the point," said Rossi.

Lorenzo

Honda-rider rider appeared dominant in the MotoGP test in Austin. Even so, Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha still targeting victory in the race there.

In a three-day private test at the Circuit of the Americas, Austin, last month, Marc Marquez has always been victorious and rider with the best record, followed by team-mate Dani Pedrosa. Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi was behind the two Repsol Honda rider was.

This weekend, the real race will be held in Austin. After winning the series opener in Qatar, Lorenzo hopes to continue the positive trend and come back to win.

"Losail only the first series of a long season. Now we have to change our mindset. We went to America and we visited a completely different track," Lorenzo said as quoted by Autosport.

"I want to win in Austin and that's the mentality I though I knew in America will be much more complicated," he added.

"Austin has a very long straights and few corners with a tooth, where you need good acceleration and traction., Where we have to work very hard from the first session to cut the distance to the competitors," said the Spaniard.

"I maintain my confidence that we can also achieve good results there," he said.

Pedrossa

Despite finishing in fourth position, so the Qatar MotoGP race Dani Pedrosa unsatisfactory. Claims to have found an error and have better preparation at Austin, hero Honda is confident can be a good result.

Ranging from free practice session to qualifying and then the race, Pedrosa was unable to compete with Jorge Lorenzo on pole. Spanish rider was eventually completed the race in fourth position, but the results are still not in accordance with the announced target because of his helpless compete with Yamaha.

Ahead of the second series at Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, Pedrosa said that he had forgotten the disappointment in Losail. Had a good stock of pre-season training session, he hopes to bring more positive results in the races that will be held on Monday (04/22/2013) pm dawn coming.

"Qatar is not the race I wanted, but I already know the problem and it's all been resolved for the next race," said Pedrosa in MotoGP's official website.

"We just were in Austin last month (pre-season testing) and I'm sure it will be beneficial to us, because we already have a standard setting, there are many narrow corners and changing speeds from one section to another," continued

In pre-season testing at the Austin Honda does appear to dominate. Nzmun when it was all participating teams, including Yamaha who just dropped two days, three days of the scheduled total.

"Trajectory will be slightly different, there will be a lot of motorcycles with (then) there will be more rubber left on the track, so I hope the bike can still work well," due diligence.