Between Marquez and Rossi, the statistics war is launched with, as referee, Lorenzo who is in the race for certain data. Like for example the number of pole positions. But it is by the number of titles that most of the matter will be judged. Vale has nine and is chasing his tenth. MM93 has five and, on MotoGP.com, he could see himself taking ten. Way to show both hands well.
Because for the fifth, he launched the “GiveMe5” fashion, to point out the feat of such a record at only 23 years old. A situation that the Honda official explains as follows: “ people talk to me about the fact that I'm 23 and already 5 titles and that's true, but that maybe I could have had more because I lost the Championship by making a few mistakes last year . But I don't think too much about that because it would be a mistake ».
« After these five titles, we will fight for a sixth. If we can do that, we'll try to win another one. But I don't think about the numbers and the records because in the end, it's just more pressure. You have to know how to savor the present and everything is easier when you concentrate on the present. Now we have five titles, that's quite a hand (GiveMe5), why not aim for a second hand? But I don't want to say that's my goal. We will see. We have the time. The most important thing is to have time in front of us ».
This second hand, Valentino Rossi would like to hold her for good. At 37, he secured two more campaigns with Yamaha. So many opportunities to one day prevent a Marc Márquez to assert himself as the only one in the contemporary Grand Prix era to claim ten crowns. Now it won't be so simple because at the same time, a Maverick Vinales will grow and improve...
