Friday MotoGP practice in Austin saw Honda debut i♊ts version of Ducati's rear swingarm 'tyre cooler'.

HRC - along with Suzuki, KTM and Aprilia - had previously protested the device on the gro﷽unds that it was mainly for aerodynamic purposes.

However the device was confirmed as legal after evidence from Ducati showed the tyre temperature 🔯168澳洲幸运5🌠官方开奖结果历史:reducing by up to seven degrees in Qatar.

The Honda device has apparently been cleared on the grounds of swingarm 'stiffness', although Marc Marquez stated the difference it𓂃 creꦦates as 'downforce. It's an aerodynamic thing'.

Yamaha was the only manufacturer not involved on either side of the protest, and credited by Ducati as inspiration for the cooler due to its swinga🦄rm spray deflector for wet weather races last year.

Valentino Rossi, currently third in the world championship for Yamaha, now wants the factory to produce a tyre cooler fo🉐r his M1.

"For me it's something t🌟hat can be quite important for us, because it can help the rear tyre to have a little bit less temperature, like Ducati said, a little bit cooler. And it's good especially in the race," said Rossiꩲ, after being third fastest in Friday practice.

"So 𒁏I push Yamaha to have something similar. Because we 🔴already have this [spray deflector] in the wet. But I hope that I can try. I don't think that this makes the difference, I think it's small things, but maybe it can be a small help."

When might he get it?

"Ah, I don't know," he shurugged. "I hope during this year, because anyway, we need to continue to work, becaus🐽e in the last years also, with Yamaha, we started well at the beginning of the season, but then Honda and Ducati improved, and we didn't.

"So also from this po♓int of view, we have to try to improve test by test during the season."

One area where Rossi knows Yamaha cannot gain much grജound during the season, due to the technical rules, is closing the top speed deficit to Honda and Duca𒆙ti.

"For me, anyway we work well. We are working in the right direction, and we have a good group of engineers and people around this year. But th꧟e work is long, because we lost time in the last two years. So we need time.

"The bike is not very fast in the straight, but in some other areas, we improved. So we know that the engine is closed [sealed]. So for this year, it will be like this. So with a long s🌱traight, maybe we suffer.

"But we have to work on the corner🌳s, and try 🔥to take our strong point."

𒊎While his bike might be gasping a little on the straight, Rossi him🍃self is in better physical shape.

"I am better this year because I can train more by running," said the 40-year-old. "Because last year, I had still some pain in the leg. So I have to go with the bicycle, b𒉰ut I felt pain if I went running. This winter I can run because I feel good, and I am better. But also I think that the bike is improved compared to last year."

The Italian added&nbs🌸p;of his 5-2 finishes so far this season:

"We found a qu🐷ite good balance of the bike on Sunday morning in Qatar. And from that moment, I was not so bad. Also in Qatar I d✱id a good race. From that moment I felt comfortable on the bike, and also in Argentina we didn't change a lot and I was not so bad. And also here.

"For me, anyway we have to work a little bit on the balance, because with the race tyres, I'm not fantastic. I have for me five riders which are faster than me. So especially Márquez and Viñales, who are stronger. But we have a good base to work on anyway, and with the soft tyre I did a good l🀅ap."

Rossi's team-mate Maverick Vinales was fastest in Friday practice at COTA, with world champion Marc Marquez second for Honda💟.