Giacomo Agostini has just celebrated his 77th birthday, confined in his town of Bergamo where mortality has exploded under the effect of a merciless coronavirus. Like many, he offered himself a moment of recreation on a canvas which connects men more than ever in this period when everything would like to isolate them. And he said the right words so as not to go unnoticed. So on a Rossi and a Márquez that he sees growing in his mirrors of his prize list…
Giacomo Agostini is from a generation that the coronavirus likes to decimate. He therefore lives in his house in Bergamo as in an entrenched camp. However, you will see that he has plenty to keep him busy… “ I'm fine, in prison, without leaving the house, but it's okay ", Ago told the site AS. A solid morale which shines through with this well-placed remark: “ These days I rewatch old races and recent races, which Valentino and Márquez won and it would be great if we could see a race between the three of us. The only thing is that I would win. Rossi and Marquez would lose to me and it would be a problem for them »
It will be recalled thatAgostini is at the head of 122 Grand Prix victories and fifteen world titles. Valentino Rossi claims 115 successes and nine crowns, at 41, while Marc Márquez, at the age of 27, has 82 achievements and eight championships.
Aug also returns to dry land, made of desolation in these incredible times: “ in Italy the situation is very bad, although it seems that it is starting to improve. In Spain, I understand that it was also bad. » But he takes up the subject he loves, motorcycle racing: “ I hope we can start at the end of July, which makes races in August, September, October and November. With eight, nine or ten races you can make the world championship. I raced for years like that and I was legitimately world champion »
Passion is passion, but the eight-time 500cc champion and seven-time 3cc champion is clear about current priorities: “ we will have to wait and we must go without haste, because the first thing is health, then sport. Fortunately, it's getting a little better every day. I stay at home and only cover the garden I have. »
In his house in Bergamo, he finds entertainment in these days of confinement: “ I am preparing a photo album of 2 photographs. I also prepared the trophy room and am cleaning and going over the bikes. At home, I only have 000 or 11 motorcycles, because the rest are in the museum, and most of them are motorcycles that I use. I only have three Grand Prix bikes, the 12 MV Agusta, the 500 MV Agusta, the 350 Yamaha that I won in 350 which is the bike I won on at Daytona. » Enough to keep your morale up, indeed!
