While a new wind is blowing in MotoGP with the consecration of a 23-year-old driver, from the new generation, in the person of Joan Mir, in Formula 1, nothing changes since Lewis Hamilton was crowned for the seventh time in the category. We know that the Mercedes man loves motorcycles and has done laps of Yamaha M1 with Valentino Rossi. The latter recalls the Englishman's statistics by bringing them back to his own, frozen for a while...
Talk about Lewis Hamilton and Valentino Rossi, is to enter the world of the aristocracy of motor sports. An environment where we always observe ourselves to better polish ourselves and thus dazzle ourselves with our own brilliance. Valentino Rossi, last weekend in Valencia, rightly congratulated the new World Champion of the new generation Joan Mir mentioning that being crowned after only two years in the premier category was not given to everyone. A feat that he rightly achieved, in a 2001 season which was the last of the 500.
Passionate about a motor sport that he will brighten up when the time comes to retire, he also looked at his friend Lewis Hamilton, now seven-time World Champion of Formula 1. On this realization, he says: “ well, it's been a long time since I won my seventh MotoGP world title. And if I have to do all the math, the world titles are even at nine also taking into account those of the 125 and 250 with Aprilia. So I can feel satisfied by counting ».
Mutual esteem
Although… " Even if Hamilton has indeed won a lot and for a long time, I have missed the victory... But I still have time to adjust my stats » assures the Doctor.
We will recall that Valentino Rossi, between the 500 World Championships and MotoGP, has accumulated 89 victories that pass to 115 if we also consider those in 125 and 250. His appearances at the World Championship in twenty-five years of career are 413. His last success dates back to the 2017 season, at Assen. The figures ofHamilton are more impressive: 264 major prizes contested between McLaren and Mercedes with 94 victories and 163 podiums. And therefore seven world titles, as many as those of Red.
Hamilton loves Valentino, and the esteem is mutual: “ It’s a phenomenon, what else can I say? » admits Vale. “ I have 89 victories in my seven world titles, he has five more. And the fact that he has more victories than me appeals to me, obviously. But I can only join the ranks of those who consider him an absolute champion. Comparisons are impossible ».
