Texas received last week, on its Austin route, the Grand Prix of the Americas. Many American legends of the category populated the paddock, a prestigious squad which almost made people forget the degraded state of the asphalt of a track which in fact puts its future on the calendar in dotted lines. One of them was Kenny Roberts. The three-time 500cc champion continues to follow MotoGP events with great interest and is delighted.
« I think this year's MotoGP World Championship is incredible. It's better than ever in terms of rider talent and bike quality. It's the best show in the world “, he enthused during an interview with GPOne.com.
Roberts of course also spoke of the veteran's remarkable performance Valentino Rossi, who was the only one in the field to have known his era of the 500 two-stroke. “ Valentino Rossi really surprises me. In fact, he would now have to sit in his rocking chair, like I did after my racing career, with a pipe in the corner of his mouth… It was terrible,” he remembers. “I think Wayne Rainey could have had as long a career as Rossi, but the bikes were more brutal back then and the riders were put to the test physically “, declared the American, aged 67.
Il explique que le “Doctor” réussit à être l’un des plus rapides à 40 ans : « vous devez tenir compte de divers facteurs pour comprendre pourquoi Valentino est toujours aussi rapide. Il vient de l’époque des 500 cm³, puis sont venues les motos qui permettent d’incroyables choses ».
Roberts also has an answer to the question of who will be the title favorite this year. “ Who can already beat Marc Márquez? Only Marc himself can achieve victory. His opponents must put pressure on him to push him to make mistakes ". A strategy called for exactly by the boss of Ducati after seeing, in Austin, that the teammate of Jorge Lorenzo was not infallible.
