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Valentino Rossi remedies the third zero in this 2020 MotoGP season and sees the World Cup disappear. Luca Marini’s triumph makes the GP less bitter.
Third zero of the season for Valentino Rossi, second in a row. He was in the race for the 200th podium of his career, looking for leader Fabio Quartararo, when a mistake at Turn 2 interrupted his progress. It is not a good weekend to honor the contract renewal for the 2021 MotoGP season with Yamaha and Petronas SRT. “After a weekend like this, in which I felt good on the bike, we have to move on. He could have won because Quartararo later slowed down a lot, but he would definitely have made the podium. Because I was very fast“.
The pilot rankings begin to climb for the Doctor. 11º with 58 points, the summit has 50 lengths. “Now I have to carefully analyze the data. If you look at the data, everything was more or less the same as in the previous lap. It’s a bit like Pecco’s fall [a Misano], it is difficult to identify a cause. But it was a left turn, so on the cold side of the tire. I probably went into the corners quickly and with a little less temperature in the front tire I slipped“.
From Maro’s triumph to the burned podium
Valentino Rossi dared because he felt fast with his Yamaha M1, he did not want to lose ground to Quartararo and he wanted to get some margin from the Suzuki. An almost unexpected mistake that he will have to get rid of by taking advantage of the free week on the MotoGP calendar. “It would have been the second podium of the season and above all it would have been very important points for the World Cup … In order not to despair and not throw yourself off the balcony tonight, keep in mind that it was still a good weekend, which I followed rolling well, which I enjoyed“.
Now it can be said that the race for the World Championship has been broken by this accident in Montmelò, but the motivations to do it well remain high. Especially to show that it can be competitive also in the future. The aim is to get the contract extended until the end of 2022. It is not a totally gray day for Valentino Rossi, who saw his brother ‘Maro’ triumph in Moto2, consolidating his leadership in the classification. “Luca’s victory is very positive and can help me swallow my mistake. Today I was very impressed with the way he rode the bike. It is like a machine. He never made mistakes … I hope he doesn’t find a place in MotoGP next year – jokes the 41-year-old from Tavullia – And stay in Moto2!“.
