Valentino Rossi has highlighted top speed as the chief weakness that the Yamaha MotoGP team must address during the 2016 season. While Yamaha’s 2015 YZR-M1 proved to be the best bike all-round last season, taking 11 of a possible 18 Grand Prix wins and securing all three titles, it was noticeably down on power compared to its rivals. During the final race of the year at Valencia, Ducati rider Andrea Iannone topped the speed traps, recording a maximum speed of 335.9km/h (208.7mph). Rossi on the best of the factory Yamahas, meanwhile, managed only 323.7km/h (201.1mph). “We will try to have a little bit more top speed on the straights, because last year this was the only place where we...
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