During the three winter tests, Valentino Rossi started their work on the Ducati GP12. The focus during the Qatar practice sessions will be on preparing for the race, and continue to work on finding their harmony with the new bike.
Valentino Rossi
"We worked hard over the winter, and although we went the wrong direction at one point, we once again managed to find the good feeling with the GP12 that we'd had in the first test. With those settings, which we'll start with in Qatar, I was able to get good feedback from the bike. At Losail it will be very important to work well during the sessions leading up to qualifying so that we can increase our confidence step by step as we approach Saturday, always trying to maximize our potential. I'm a realist, and I know well that our times are still a long way off and that there are still some things to fix. We won't be able to address some of them right away, but it's also true that both we at the track and the guys back home now have a direction to work in, and we must try to do as well as we can. We won't completely redo the bike during the season, but we'll try to progress little by little."
source: Ducati Press Release