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I simply said spin the rear!Kudos if you too can spin up the rear at 129mph with your knee on the grass.
Besides, I'm not the one getting paid $10m to win motorcycle races..-
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Valentino Rossi Retirement Watch
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Besides, I'm not the one getting paid $10m to win motorcycle races..
I simply said spin the rear!
Think it works like this:
1. Spin the rear at 130mph whilst using knee as a grass cutter.
2. Expect job offers.
Believe it's fairly impossible to do it the other way. (Except in F1 if you have very rich parents.)
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Well right now he's about as fast as Mazespin!Believe it's fairly impossible to do it the other way. (Except in F1 if you have very rich parents.)
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Andddd....21 out of 22 in FP2 in Germany...
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Tragic.
Several years ago, I was sure that Lorenzo was setting the all-time bar of not knowing when to call it quits.
Apparently not the case.
Hard to see. I'm a huge fan of 46.
Improved a little to 16/22 in qualifying. But pretty clear there's not going to be a Rossi revival.
An announcement can't be too far away.
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He's already a legend. I hope he had continued success with his team. Apparently on Ducati's..
Interesting race last night. Like to think Marc is back - the result shows his racing 'brain' is back but will have to wait and see how that injury works on tracks that impose more load on it. Sachsenring's almost continuous left corners plus his history there is a sweet spot for him atm.
Think the situation with Lorenzo was very different. Lorenzo had some big crashes that destroyed his confidence. He continued in the hope that it would all return. It never did and he was way off the pace when he decided he was no longer motivated enough to risk his a$$ at 320 kph waiting for Lorenzo 2015 to re-emerge.
Rossi hasn't had such step change. It's been a gradual decline. And he's not that far off a competitive pace. His lap times during the race were at times competitive with all but the 2 front guys. But 0.6 sec in qualifying is 15 grid positions. Long way behind already. And maintaining the pace for 30 laps must be getting harder. End result is finishing 22 secs behind the winner. (Then again Vinelas was even further back still!)
It must be so tempting for Rossi to think he can bridge the gap. But the calendar always wins in the long run.
Think the situation with Lorenzo was very different. Lorenzo had some big crashes that destroyed his confidence. He continued in the hope that it would all return. It never did and he was way off the pace when he decided he was no longer motivated enough to risk his a$$ at 320 kph waiting for Lorenzo 2015 to re-emerge.
Rossi hasn't had such step change. It's been a gradual decline. And he's not that far off a competitive pace. His lap times during the race were at times competitive with all but the 2 front guys. But 0.6 sec in qualifying is 15 grid positions. Long way behind already. And maintaining the pace for 30 laps must be getting harder. End result is finishing 22 secs behind the winner. (Then again Vinelas was even further back still!)
It must be so tempting for Rossi to think he can bridge the gap. But the calendar always wins in the long run.
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Good read.
www.motorsportmagazine.com
MotoGP decision time for Rossi: should he stay or should he go?
Nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi will decide his MotoGP future in the next few weeks. Here he reveals why his results have slumped since 2019
www.motorsportmagazine.com
Good read.
MotoGP decision time for Rossi: should he stay or should he go?
Nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi will decide his MotoGP future in the next few weeks. Here he reveals why his results have slumped since 2019
Interesting perspective although seems a bit of a stretch that a rider who adapted from:
- 2 stroke 125cc (world champ 1997)
- 2 stroke 250cc (world champ 1999)
- 2 stroke 500cc (world champ 2001)
- 4 stroke MotoGP (world champ 6 times)
He's won world champs for Aprilia, Honda, Yamaha and had a few podiums on a Ducati - all those different brands have different characteristics. He had difficulty adapting to the Ducati - to be fair the only person who did consistently well on those earlier Ducatis was Casey Stoner.
Tending to the view that the younger Rossi would have found a way to ride around his current tire issues.
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Won't be nearly as much fun without him but what a great run. Superhero.
Pretty good candidate for GOAT.
He'll be missed but new champions will arise and the show will go on.
He'll be missed but new champions will arise and the show will go on.
Valentino Rossi will retire from MotoGP at end of season - Adventure Rider
After more than 25 seasons of MotoGP racing, Valentino Rossi will retire at the […]
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