While most Grand Prix drivers start planning their winter vacations, some are treating themselves to one last competition before hibernating. A joust behind a steering wheel, for example Dovizioso on a Lamborghini in Valencia. But it is in Monza that the largest concentration of motorcycle pilots will take place this weekend, for a Rally that a certain Red likes to consider it his private preserve.
Valentino Rossi will therefore be at the start of this particular competition, at the wheel of a Ford Fiesta which owes nothing to the models lined up in the World Championship of the specialty. But before setting off to challenge the clock in the specials, he was asked about his 2016 season spent in MotoGP. A campaign which did not offer him this tenth title so desired by the Doctor.
For the third time in a row, Vale is indeed a world vice-champion. But he says he is much less disappointed than a year ago: “ I didn't win the title and it's a shame. But frankly, I'm much less disappointed than last year » he declared on Motoracing. " This season, I lacked success and I started the first races with the disappointment of last year still in mind. It was only after the Jerez victory that I got over it ».
But there was the Italian Grand Prix: “ Mugello was the turning point. If I hadn't broken, I would have stayed in the title race. And in this case, things are different. When you're thirty points ahead, it's easier than being only five or six ».
Valentino Rossi had at least the satisfaction of finishing first Yamaha rider. In 2017, he will have Maverick Vinales as a teammate instead of Lorenzo left for Ducati.
