After the test on Monday, Ducati Corse boss Filippo Preziosi spoke to reporters about the new parts and new engine which Valentino Rossi had been testing during the day. The test on the new bike came to a premature end, when an electronics failure caused Rossi to crash in Correntaio early in the afternoon. The failure was related to an electronics component failing, though it is not clear exactly what happened. With the ECU having been relocated from below the instrument panel to the front of the tank unit - the same location as on the Yamaha M1 - the finger of suspicion points at heat from the engine creating a problem for one of the components, though Preziosi would not specify exactly where the failure occurred.
Below is what Preziosi had to tell reporters, including the TV interview with Dorna:
Filippo Preziosi: Today we had half a test with Valentino, but because unfortunately we had a hardware problem, for safety reasons we stopped this test, so we received just half of the information we need. It was a good test for Nicky, because he tested a lot of interesting things, and at the end he was quite happy. To be honest all of Nicky's weekend was good. Valentino did a wonderful race, starting unfortunately from the back but the pace was really good. Overall, it was a really nice weekend.
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