Rossi’s chief mechanic criticizes Ducati strategy
Jeremy Burgess, Valentino Rossi chief mechanic since his debut in the premier class in 2000, openly questioned the development program pursued by Ducati on the MotoGP Desmosedici. Critically, the Australian urges the Reds to provide more developments on the GP12, especially in terms of chassis …
Jeremy Burgess, Valentino Rossi chief mechanic since his debut in the premier class in 2000, openly questioned the development program pursued by Ducati on the MotoGP Desmosedici. Critically, the Australian urges the Reds to provide more developments on the GP12, especially in terms of chassis …
More news to keep Rossi motivated
"This year, we started the season with a completely new bike. The problem is that since the first race (), it hasn’t changed enough. Maybe we should have thought about closer development stages to the during the season, "said Rossi’s chief mechanic to our colleagues from .
"For example, a new chassis at Le Mans, then at Mugello and so on. Important novelties that Valentino could have tried and on which he could have given his own indications. Instead, the frame (the famous perimeter chassis in alu, Editor’s note), which was designed very quickly, has changed little. And on weekends, we rarely have new components to test, "blows the man who accompanied Rossi on the way to his seven premier class titles (6 in MotoGP, 1 in 500 cc).
"For Rossi, we need more novelties, different chassis for example, but also other parts of less importance, so that when he goes into the box and asks what is new, I can say: "a triple tree, four new screws …". It would help to keep him motivated ".
Fewer Mugello trials and faster testers !
Visibly unconvinced by the level of the current Ducati testers, Jeremy Burgess also recommends calling on more "sharp" pilots, in order to make the Ducati progress more quickly during private tests. Sessions that the Australian also considers too focused on the Mugello circuit alone …
“The decision to ask Petrucci (read) to conduct tests was a good one and I think it would take two or three test pilots. Maybe we could bring in a pilot who recently retired like Troy Bayliss or Troy Corser, in order to be able to give more precise information ".
"Going to a circuit with characteristics different from those of Mugello, in Misano for example, could also be a good choice", slips the conductor of the box of Valentino Rossi who, in concrete terms, calls into question almost all decisions from his current employer !
"Finally, we should focus more on the frame, it is an extremely important part for the performance and it takes a lot of time. You can’t take development forward during race weekends, you have to do it gracefully. to tests ", explains the engineer by expressing openly his circumspection on the ideas and the methods of Filippo Preziosi, the" father "of Desmosedici of Grands Prix.
"Rossi only thinks about the race"
Finally, Burgess answered the many questions raised by the underperformance of No. 46 in practice and qualifying, where he is often beaten by his teammate, or even by the Ducati satellite of Barbera …
"Rossi always thinks about the race, he is not interested in finding the best tune-up for a single lap, what he wants is the best set-up for the pace of the race", explains the Australian who has always cultivated this approach to competition with his pilots, including when he worked with Doohan at HRC.
"The results only come on Sunday: it doesn’t make sense to start from the front row if you can’t keep up the pace the whole race," he said..
The fact remains that all as well-founded as they may be, the all-out criticisms of Jeremy Burgess betray above all a certain difficulty in swallowing failure: when Rossi and his team joined the Ducati clan at the end of 2010, the Australian indeed assured n ‘only need "80 seconds" to resolve the ailments of the Ducati …
However, it has now been a little over 80 weeks (!) That "JB" has the keys to the Ducati box, with no notable results except for a few splinters in the wet. Sure that the fanfaronnade of the chief mechanic of "Vale" must now burn his tongue! Stay connected !
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