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KOMPAS.com – Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha) finished outside the top 10 in the Valencia MotoGP race on Sunday (11/15/2020).
The Doctor only finished 12th after devouring 27 rounds of Sikruit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Spain.
Rossi started the Valencia 2020 MotoGP race quite well. From the 16th, The Doctor immediately moved up two positions to 14th on the first lap.
Rossi was quite “helped” by a mistake by Fabio Quartaro (Petronas Yamaha SRT) who made a mistake in the first laps.
Read also: Valencia MotoGP – Morbidelli wins, World Champion Joan Mir
Quartaro was diverted so that his position would slide to 20 (P20).
Rossi keeps crawling. This time, he “took advantage” of the fall of Johann Zarco (Reale Avintia) in the sixth lap to improve his position to 12th.
However, Rossi was unable to maintain his position. He was overtaken by two drivers at the same time, Francesco Bagnaia (Pramac Racing) and Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda).
After returning to P14, Rossi was involved in a fight with Crutchlow on lap 15 for P13.
Also read: MotoGP Valencia – Fabio Quartararo Falls, Kans becomes world champion burned
Rossi could only overtake the Great Britain driver on lap 17.
Going into lap 20, Rossi climbed to P12, helped by the crash of Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda) at Turn 14 of the Ricardo Tormo circuit.
P12 eventually became Rossi’s last position in the 2020 Valencia MotoGP race.
Meanwhile, the winner of this season’s Valencia MotoGP race is Franco Morbidelli.
Petronas Yamaha SRT rider edged out Jack Miller (Pramac Racing) and Pol Espargaró (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) in P2 and P3.
Also read: MotoGP Valencia – Fabio Quartararo Falls, Kans becomes world champion burned
As for the 2020 MotoGP leaderboard, Joan Mir (Suzuku Ecstar), “only” finished seventh.
However, that result was enough for him to secure the 2020 MotoGP world title.
Mir after the Valencia race accumulated 171 points. He is 29 points ahead of Morbidelli in second place.
With one balapa remaining, there are only 25 maximum points up for grabs, so Mir is no longer beaten.
Valencia MotoGP 2020 Results:
???? @ FrankyMorbido12 hold @jackmilleraus in one last epic lap!
Seventh place is enough to crown @JoanMirOfficial the 2020 # MotoGP World champion! ????@motul | # M1R pic.twitter.com/YsSyRpsh8A
– MotoGP ™ ???? (@MotoGP) November 15, 2020
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