"Rossi is confident Mugello after major test"

Valentino Rossi is brimming with confidence at his home race in round six after some good test results on the back of his French victory.

Focusing primarily on working with Bridgestone during his two days stay in Le Mans, after his sensational Alice French Grand Prix triumph, Valentino Rossi concentrated on screening tests on Monday and tyres career on Tuesday, with its conclusions boost its already buoyant confidence levels.

The Italian never doubted his own ability in the past two seasons incoherent and fruitless, but the current competitiveness of their Yamaha M1 and his blossoming relationship with Bridgestone mean he is looking particularly strong at present.

Hoping to maintain the momentum of successive victories in Shanghai and Le Mans in his home race in round six in Italy next time, Rossi hopes to apply more pressure on their rivals from Mugello pole for the first time with Bridgestone, after Michelin runners have been taking a clean sweep of five straight poles so far in 2008.

The doctor told motogp.com on the focus of his trial Monday workout, `I used a lot of qualifiers, because it is a major objective for us. They brought some new things for us to try to improve. We want to fight with Michelin for the pole position. We found some good tires, the best thing we had this weekend, so you feel confident Mugello.

" Generally speaking on the Le Mans after the GP practice, he added, "we have not had any new part of Yamaha, but we worked hard in qualifying and also in some new tyres for race. We have also worked in electronics to gain better traction control system and acceleration and better braking system of the engine.

Asked what, in any event, which would improve on its current prototype 800cc Yamaha, Rossi replied: "I'm happy with the M1, although I believe that we must now concentrate on the engine, so have more power but with the same unit capacity. They are working on it already in Japan only have to wait for development '.

As on Fiat Yamaha team departed for France at the end of a very positive visit, Rossi's team manager Davide Brivio said, "Next week brings eight six races in close succession and we have to be at the top of our game. Valentino did a very good time with a tire career this afternoon (Tuesday) and it is clear that we are working well, and we are now leaving Le Mans with great memories and with everyone feeling positive and motivated to stage most active season. "



Hayden ready for Indianapolis lap

Having opened the new highway is set at the course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in April, Nicky Hayden will ride another lap at the famous venue this weekend before the Indy 500 race.

This weekend will see 2006 World Champion Nicky Hayden ride in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval shortly before the start of the 92 th 500 miles from Indianapolis on Sunday, demonstrating the enormous crowd the MotoGP mechanism to be implemented in IMS For the first time this September.

Hayden, of Owensboro, Kentucky, and the rest of the network MotoGP 2008 is set for the inaugural race in the Red Bull Grand Prix Indianapolis on September 14, in a newly created 2,620-mile road course at IMS.

The Repsol Honda rider, who already has two victories in GP americas soil his name courtesy of victories at Laguna Seca in 2005 and 2006, will take the first three places in the newly established MotoGP circuit on Sunday and then complete a complete circuit of the oval at Indianapolis in his Honda RC212V Grand Prix racebike, about an hour before the start of the race.

With 250000 fans expected for this Sunday the world's largest auto racing event, Hayden is, understandably, buzzing with excitement, commenting, `It's a great opportunity for the sport, my sponsors and especially for me. This is going to be fresh, to make a turn in front of that huge audience live and on television, making it possibly the most famous track in the world '.

Hayden was the second appearance in IMS as many months in the U.S. as the most recent World Champion MotoGP proudly held the first round of the new highway is set at the course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in April, lapping the circuit in a 1909 motorcycle India, before turning laps on a Honda CBR1000 production bike.

The first Red Bull Grand Prix in Indianapolis will be the 14th round of 2008 MotoGP World Championship and will take place during the weekend of 12 to 14 September.