Movistar Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi has had his first taste of the new, fully seamless gearbox at the second Sepang MotoGP test today and says he is pleased although it hasn’t made a massive difference so far. Previously, Rossi and team-mate Lorenzo have only had seamless shift going up the box, not down, and Rossi thinks the new system has already helped on braking and corner entry. He set the fastest lap of the day. “Everybody in the team is cool about the new gearbox and, the first impression is quite positive. I am happy. Is not a huge difference but is a small help and especially is in a critical point to where we have to improve,” said Rossi, speaking at Sepang. “The first...
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