Jeremy Burgess will follow Rossi to Ducati

The chief mechanic of Valentino Rossi since his debut in the premier class in 2000 has finally made his decision: at 57 years old, the Australian Jeremy Burgess will lend a hand to the Doctor to help him meet his ultimate challenge at Ducati (read MNC du August 15, 2010: Valentino Rossi at Ducati in 2011).

The chief mechanic of Valentino Rossi since his debut in the premier class in 2000 has finally made his decision: at 57 years old, the Australian Jeremy Burgess will lend a hand to the Doctor to help him meet his ultimate challenge at Ducati (read).

Jeremy Burgess’ achievements

1980-1982: mechanic for Randy Mamola (Suzuki – 500 cc) 1983-1984: mechanic for Ron Haslam (Honda – 500 cc) 1985: Freddie Spencer’s mechanic (Honda – 500 cc world champion) 1986-1988: Chief engineer of Wayne Gardner (Honda – 500 cc world champion in 1987) 1989-1999: chief mechanic of Mick Doohan (Honda – 500 cc world champion from 1994 to 1998) 2000-2003: chief mechanic of Valentino Rossi (Honda – 500 cc / MotoGP world champion from 2001 to 2003) 2004-2010: chief mechanic of Valentino Rossi (Yamaha – MotoGP world champion 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2009)

From his nine world championship titles, Valentino Rossi repeats it regularly: despite all his talent, his success is in large part due to the skills of his technical team and the bond he maintains with it..

The architects of Rossi’s success during his stint at Yamaha in 2004, the chief engineer and the Doctor’s technicians were naturally invited to follow him to Ducati in 2011..

But despite all the affection he has for the famous n ° 46, Jeremy Burgess, the chief engineer among the most successful on the field (see box opposite), did not seem very enthusiastic about the idea of ​​embarking for the Italian frigate after sailing on Japanese aircraft carriers for more than thirty seasons…

"We would have been very happy to stay where we are, of course," Burgess told our Sportrider colleagues, "but Valentino chose another direction" … And, after a long hesitation, "Jerry" Burgess finally chose to follow the transalpine with the Reds !

"It will be a great challenge and it will surely be better for me than staying here where I was probably asked to help Ben Spies or someone at Yamaha," he explains..

"Lin Jarvis (Fiat-Yamaha team boss, editor’s note) asked me to stay if I wanted to. But, as he himself admitted" they came with Valentino, it is likely that they will leave with Valentino ", adds the Australian who had already chosen to break a long alliance with Honda at the end of 2003, in order to follow Rossi to Yamaha..

A real game of poker because at the time, the Yamaha M1 was far from being as competitive as it is today: the title in 2004 was the first obtained by the tuning forks brand in the premier category for twelve years. !

On this point, taking up the Ducati challenge will be less complicated according to Burgess: even if Stoner is currently the only one who knows how to lead it to victory, the Desmoscedici 800 cc won the 2007 title and continues to be considered one of the motorcycles the most competitive on the board.

On his handlebars, Rossi’s future teammate, Nicky Hayden, has already appeared six times in the Top 4, including a podium this season..

"According to my own observations the bike is not that far. In Aragon there were two on the podium. At the start of the year Nicky Hayden was consistently around fourth place. Casey Stoner has won several times. We will start with a very, very good machine! I think it will be much better than when we arrived at Yamaha in 2004 ", concludes the experienced chief engineer.

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