NEWS // VALENTINO ROSSI SETS FASTEST LAP @ BARCELONA

According to our sources, nine time MotoGP champion, Valentino Rossi, set the fastest lap during a Ferrari test session at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain.

Lapping the circuit faster than any of the F1 cars were able to during last years Spanish Grand Prix, Rossi's performance is at the very least a bit intriguing. Now, in all fairness, a 2008 spec F1 car with slick tires should, in theory, lap the circuit faster than a 2009 spec car. So should we be all that surprised by Rossi’s lap time? Well, if you take into consideration his lack of open-wheel experience and the inherent difficulty of driving a F1 car, then yes, I suppose we should.

Follow the link for a bit of video from Rossi’s test session as well as a comparison between his lap time and other recent F1 laps at the Circuit de Catalunya... [read more]

Recent F1 Lap Times // Circuit de Catalunya:

Rubens Barrichello 1:19.954 Spanish Grand Prix Q2, May 2009
Felipe Massa 1:20.584* Spanish Grand Prix Q2, May 2008
Kimi Räikkönen 1:21.670* Spanish Grand Prix, May 2008
Valentino Rossi 1:21.900* Private Ferrari test, January 2010
Rubens Barrichello 1:22.762 Spanish Grand Prix, May 2009

*Lap time set in a Ferrari F2008



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Editorial: Justin W. Coffey