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“It’s good to go back to work, to meet the team, it’s good to be here. But it was hard because there are those who heal and those who take longer. Around me yes They “negative” everyone and I was afraid to remain positive aloneOR I. I had a fever for 2-3 days, but then I was fine.
Valentino Rossi really wanted to restore normalcy on the track. But to meet the team he had not seen since October 11, he had to wait until Friday afternoon, when Garrett Gerloff, the Texan who had replaced him on the first day of testing, reappeared in the garage that was occupied only one day. a first technical meeting.
“Finally, I couldn’t take it anymore,” Rossi said, arriving at the paddock on Thursday. night with private flight from Italy in the company of Uccio Salucci. A stress accentuated by the differences on the Covid issue that separate Italy from the Dorna protocol. Valentino had tested negative in the tests carried out by the Ats (Health Protection Agency) of Pesaro on Tuesday, the outcome of which came in the early hours of Wednesday. When he then underwent a series of in-depth visits to the Ravenna hospital, getting the green light. A procedure that the MotoGP organization does not recognize. Two more swabs were needed, 48 hours apart. The first took place in Tavullia, on the second Friday on the track, where in the meantime his motorhome had already arrived, driven by Max Montanari who has been assisting Rossi for years. An expectation dominated by an insistent concern: “There are people who stay positive for 50 days …”.
Montanari and Uccio (who hired Covid, as well as Vale’s girlfriend, Francesca Sofia, both negative for some time) are the only people authorized to live with Rossi on the track. They remained locked with him in the traveling house waiting for the result of the last swab. Rehearsals seen on TV, chat, lunch based on pasta with the special sauce that Max prepares at home, before each start, according to the instructions of Professor Angelini, the nutritionist who follows the pilots of the VR46 Academy.
«I did not suffer much from fasting on the road, but now there is a lot of work to do. When the track dries up and we still have slicks with our bike, we struggle, ”Valentino said after qualifying from 17th place. Those close to him speak of a below 100% attack, even if the home gym cannot replace the ones. training on a motorcycle, on the ranch. “Little grip on the rear,” the text message sent to Father Graziano on Saturday afternoon. On the other hand, the passage of his brother Luca to MotoGP in 2021 with Ducati, made official on Saturday, gave him peace of mind. and, if possible, new stimuli: «He did it and I’m happy for him, he always told me that one day we would run together and he was right. I didn’t think it was possible doing math, but I’m glad he was right.
November 8, 2020 (change November 8, 2020 | 07:19)
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