Marlboro Ducati's Valentino Rossi used today's test session at the Brno MotoGP track to remove any doubts about his geometry, weight distribution and centre of gravity but also, according to his team boss, work on a plan for a year's time.

Rossi did 75 laps on the GP11.1 and changed all sorts of setup variables in that time, tried some new electronics which he says he needs to re-visit but the nine-times world champion has deemed today a success.

“It was a very busy day, not only because we did almost 75 laps, but also because we tried many changes in every outing. It’s not easy riding like that, as it requires a lot of concentration. We had some electronic updates that we still have to perfect, but we’ll return to those soon," said The Doctor.

"Apart from that, we were thinking more toward the future, mainly trying different geometries, weight distributions, and settings that were a little strange, everything to remove any doubts and to understand some things about the GP11.1. I’d say it was a successful test, even if we sacrificed some performance since we had other objectives. We also tried some new tyres from Bridgestone, and the first impression was good.”