Rossi jokes: “Bravo Morbidelli, I have to close VR46”

Valentino Rossi smiles, but is bitter about 4th place at the San Marino GP at Misano, with a podium missing only on the last lap, passed by Mir at the Sunset corner. “It was a great shame not to be able to get on the podium: together with Bagnaia and Morbidelli it would have been a great celebration,” says Valentino. “I was sorry that Mir had overtaken at the end, but it was still a great race.”

The open door

After a race that always ran between 2nd and 3rd place, Rossi lost ground in the final, but according to him the choice of the double middle compound did not affect: “We focused on the double middle compound and we risked a Little, but in the end it was It was the right one -explains Vale- In the end I made some mistakes, I had too much engine brake, which made the rear tire suffer a bit and in the Sunset curve, on the last lap, I left the door open and Mir was OK, but we have to improve some points for the next race here. ”

VR46 to be closed …

Then Vale greets the performance of his students from the VR46 Academy, Morbidelli and Bagnaia: “In the race when they passed me I wondered who had made me open the Academy, but I can only blame myself. Now, however, after the Marini-Bezzecchi double in Moto2 and Morbidelli-Bagnaia in MotoGP, I have to close VR46. Morbidelli? He handled the hard front well, if I had stayed with him we could have done it first and second: The success is sensational. We helped him because it seemed to head to the Superbike and we lead him to the world championship, but he did his part and he deserves it. ”