Last Sunday night’s MotoGp race at Le Mans could possibly turn out to be a watershed when viewed retrospectively. For the first time, in my memory at least, Valentino Rossi looked fragile and was easily beaten by his team-mate. Vale complained again of lack of rear-end grip, as he had at Valencia, but the fact is that he was soundly beaten by Lorenzo for the 2nd time in a row. Does this signal the beginning of a downturn in Rossi’s stellar career?
You’d be brave to bet on it, but, fact is, Vale IS 31 years old and has been racing since he was 5 so you’d think he’d be entitled, wouldn’t you?
Tell me the last time you’ve seen him look like this??
Now he’ll probably go out and brain everyone at the next race, but I think, as I said, that we may well look back at Le Mans later on and mark it as significant.
sanoptic says
I wonder what motivates Rossi these days to keep in bike racing,the guy has an outstanding career.There is little else for him to achieve ,it can’t be World championships as has them all in the Gp series multiple times & he’s got more money then he & his future kids,grandkids & great grand kids could ever want for.
He ‘might’ be slowing down a touch but he’s still the man they want to beat & that doesn’t happen very often & you certainly don’t need to win every race to become a world champion.
It’s possibly time soon [ perhaps after one season in the new upcoming 1000cc class]for him to move over to Rally Cars as he has a passion for them & he will do very well in cars.At 31 years old he has plenty of options in motor racing still to come.
Phil Hall says
I have always felt that Rossi will end up in WRC.