Valentino Rossi It is not usually lavished on the grand prizes of MotoGP. The Legend has other commitments, such as racing cars, and his schedule does not always allow it. But he did attend the test Barcelona and he was a talisman for his squad, because Fabio Di Giannantonio achieved victory.
The nine-time world champion did not see everything from the VR46 box, but rather went to the roadto contemplate the action up close at times. There, he witnessed firsthand the two accidents that overwhelmed everyone on the Catalan route.
MotoGP summary of the Catalunya GP I Álex Márquez’s brutal accident conditions everything
However, everything ended up going well, especially for his training. Vale was delighted with how the day had ended. “My mother, how scary, it was hard. It has been something ugly. It was there and I have seen it. ‘Diggia’ could have been hurt too, but It was a dragon, an animal, He was really strong when he came back; He had a really incredible race, he was very fast, he made all the overtakes as he should, he didn’t make any mistakes and in the last two laps, he had 7-8 tenths of pace stronger than the others. For me, I was even capable of running 1:40.0 if the race had lasted 30 laps. We are very proud of ‘Diggia’for the entire team, is a great victory, truly exciting“, he indicated on Sky Italia shortly after finishing.
Memories of Austria 2020
The Doctor experienced a situation similar to that of the youngest Márquez in Austria 2020when Zarco’s motorcycle was about to hit him. Rossi even said that it was the incident in which he was most afraid. For this reason, the Italian was pleased with the state of the two-time champion from Cervera. “Luckily, it went well, because there, on that straight, it is narrow. Luckily, Álex Márquez managed to avoid hitting the wall at a bad angle, falling. I hope it’s okay, it went well. very afraid”, he noted.
The decision to return
Later, when asked whether a pilot should return to action after these distressing incidents, he gave his opinion. “In the end, It’s not that you have that much choice, it’s not that you can get to the box and say: ‘I’m afraid, I’m not running anymore, I’m going back home.’ Maybe it should be done”, he said laughing.
The Sky journalists reminded him that Niki Lauda did it in F1 and Valentino replied. “The force of despair. Then, you get on the bike, if the sensations are good… you ride”, he concluded.