2022 will be for Valentino Rossi the very first year in 26 years that he will not approach like a motorcycle Grand Prix rider. This will also be his first vintage as a retiree. Nevertheless active since he will embark on a reconversion as a car racer. A situation that he has known about since last November and that he has had time to analyze. The Doctor made his diagnosis and identified the greatest success of his career. It is not in his list. But in the stands and beyond…
Valentino Rossi is done with his life as a Grand Prix driver, at least in the motorcycle version, because we don't yet know how far his new ambition in motorsport will take him. But turning the page on 26 years of high competition doesn't happen like that. What remains after reflection? Vale thought about it, and this is his response: “ During my career, an incredible number of people started following MotoGP races and therefore my career. The sport grew, it became better known and fame was gained. This goes for Italy as it does for the whole world he said.
« I'm happy to realize now that I've become something of an icon over the course of my career. I'm really delighted and it's definitely the biggest achievement of my career ", declared the nine-time motorcycle world champion on Motorsport-total.
Valentino Rossi fears his first visit as a retiree: “ I just have to try it to know if I'll like it or not »
« I suspect this will continue in the years to come, but of course it won't be quite the same as before. » he predicts. “ Nevertheless, it will still be there and on the roads there will still be many people with yellow caps and the number 46. It's a fantastic feeling for me, of course ", has followed Red, « but it's also great for the MotoGP scene as a whole. I guess it will be good for the atmosphere on the slopes in the years to come ».
Red, which will also have its own team VR46 in the premier category for the first time in 2022, plans one or two on-site visits. “ I will definitely go to a race sometime to support our team. And there are also academy pilots at the start “, he said, referring to the vice-world champion Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) and Franco Morbidelli (Yamaha). But this visit also worries him: “ How I'll feel during a MotoGP weekend without riding, I can't say yet. I just have to try it to know if I'll like it or not » finishes Vale, the retiree.
