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For Valentino Rossi, MotoGP 2020 is like the most terrible nightmare since his career in the world championship of grand prix motorcycle racing more than a decade ago in 1996.
Valentino Rossi overcame his last race in the 2020 European MotoGP, on Sunday (11/8/2020), with his motorcycle damaged. The incident on the fifth lap of the Ricardo Tormo circuit forced him to finish the race faster.
Although this is a moment Returns the Doctor after missing the previous two races. Valentino Rossi could not run in the two series played at the Aragon circuit due to being infected with the Corona virus.
Since before his absence, Rossi also put together a shock hat-trick and DNF, so now the nine-time world champion in grand prix motorcycle racing already has a row of six 0 points in a row.
After the 2020 European MotoGP, Valentino Rossi remains fixed at 15th place in the 2020 MotoGP standings with 58 points. With MotoGP 2020 only two races left, Rossi can reach a maximum of 108 points, with a record of radical victories in the remaining two series.
Well, the number of si is 108 points is still less than the achievement of the fewest points of Valentino Rossi during his long career in the world of the great prizes. Specifically, Valentino Rossi’s lowest achievement was during his 1996 debut in the 125cc class. At that point Rossi earned 111 points to finish ninth in the final standings.
The 2020 MotoGP Championship, which was affected by the pandemic, so there can only be 14 series, has made the points of the riders, including Rossi, smaller than usual. But for Rossi, there are other factors that have made this season a nightmare.
One of them is classification. Judging from the results of the 2020 European MotoGP, which only generated three Yamaha M1s crossing the finish line in positions 11, 13 and 14, it seems that Valentino Rossi will not have an easy time scoring points. Also, Yamaha is still plagued by engine problems.
Additionally, Rossi has quit five times when he appeared in races this season. That equaled the amount during his debut season at the 1996 grand prix. The difference is that when that debut Rossi was able to get on the podium twice (once he won, once he finished third) while this season he could only get on the podium once. time after finishing third in the MotoGP of Andalusia.
Even Valentino Rossi’s gray days at Ducati (2011 and 2012) were better. In 2011, Rossi had several retirements and only once did he get on the podium by finishing third, but he was still able to consistently score points and finish in the top five several times. In 2012 he also won two podiums by being runner-up twice.
Last season, Valentino Rossi also dropped out several times. But at that point he also managed to collect two podiums through a couple of second places at the start of the season.
These are the things that make MotoGP 2020 a nightmare for Valentino Rossi. There are at least two more series left for me to insert positive things this season, as capital for the next season.
“The situation is not easy. It seems that we do not understand anything about the tires. It is incredible if you remember that Yamaha won through Franco (Morbidell) and in Valencia we have a big grip problem. It is also difficult in terms of the engine because we have problems reliability, “he said. Valentino Rossi launched Speedweek, after the 2020 European MotoGP.
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