A weekend of rest after three successive meetings was invigorating for the drivers who, from the French Grand Prix which begins this Friday, will once again offer themselves a “triple”. Because after Le Mans, there will be two consecutive events in Aragon. A ceasefire which thus boosted the morale of Valentino Rossi who had given up on his title chances after the falls of Misano 2 and, above all, of Barcelona, where he was beginning to think of victory. In Sarthe, the Doctor tells himself that anything can still happen...
Before entering the fray for the French Grand Prix Valentino Rossi spoke on the eve of the first day of testing of this ninth round of MotoGP 2020. The Doctor after the tests carried out at Portimao on a road motorcycle Yamaha R1 is ready to get back on track to compete for its last chances in the title race. Fighting for the crown after the last two falls is a difficult undertaking, but mathematically there is always hope.
« Fighting for the title is very difficult, maybe my last chance was Barcelona, but unfortunately I crashed in the last two races. I see Dovizioso and Morbidelli fighting more, but anything can still happen. The important thing will be to be competitive from now until the end, even on less suitable tracks like Aragon and Valencia » comments the Yamaha official.
“The 2019 Yamaha was enough for Jorge Lorenzo”
Valentino Rossi also returned to the Portimao test where we saw Jorge Lorenzo drive only with the 2019 version of the M1… “ this was very important, nowadays with the level of this MotoGP, you cannot show up on a circuit without having ever taken a lap. I did 50 laps and I have to say the track is really fun ". It will be recalled that Fabio Quartararo, leader of the championship, however chose not to make this Portuguese reconnaissance, for fear of falling and thus suffering a bad injury.
« It would be nice to stay in the game until the last race. I would be happy if it stays on the calendar next season as well. As for Jorge Lorenzo's test, running with the M1 2019 is not a problem, It was enough for this test » finished the teammate Maverick Vinales, never mentioned in his prediction for the 2020 title. However, he is only 18 lengths behind the leader, in a better position than him…
