evolution
ofthe 2006. he said-
"l
used the
old chassis this
morning and in
the
firsa
run
this afternoon. but
then always the new
one,
because
I have a lot more feeling,"
he said.
So was
the
problem
solvedl
"lthink
ir's
early
to say, but the feeling
is
good."
And i3 the champion.hip
lostl
"For
sure 32
points
is
too much because we are unluck/
in
the first four races,
and have had too
much problem
with
the bike. We are work-
int and we are
stront- For sure it's
the time
to show who is the boss
-
but
lye need to fix
our
problems
to
8o
back to our level."
Rossi
had a typically
cheeky way of summint
up his position -
with a special sticker
on
his seat, of his familiar
bulldog
ting
prone,
looking miserable ahd surrounded by ice.
The legend
alongside read:'-32". roferring
to
his points
8ap.
I'lax Biaggi to r€turn? Perhaps so,
and
before the end of tie
year,
if early talks with
llmor
Enginee.ing
bear
fruir.
But Biaggi will
be on
an 800cc machine. with little
chance
of impressing himself
on the new
younggen-
eration ofaiders. The new Ilmor
800cc
V-
four I'lotoGP
engine completed its first
bench test during Af,ril,
and rolling tests with
a complete
chassis are
planned
forluly.
The
entine is very compact
- a 70-degree V-four
with
pneumatic
valves, and with a rev
ceilint
currently
at
18,000
rpm, the fiBt tartet for
horsepower
is 200 hp. The
chassis
is
being
built by Swiss former-racer Eskil
Suter, who
also built the Kawasaki MotoGP chassis until
this
year.
"lt
will be 20cm smaller than the
Kawasaki,"
Suter told
iournalists.
The llmor
entihe
is
designed by lelario lllian, who
made
F I entines for Mer
