Ce Valencia Grand Prix will be an opportunity to say goodbye and farewell. The curtain on a 2016 season marked by nine winners will fall and drivers will leave for other horizons. Couples will also come apart and this will be the case at Yamaha. Red thus lives his last hours alongside Lorenzo. And he said what he got out of these years spent sharing the same box.
The vigil of a Grand Prix is first devoted to press conferences and during his own, Valentino Rossi gave his feelings about the life shared with Lorenzo under the Yamaha awning: “ I think we've had a lot of wins and we've always been competitive. And from the start ". A debut marked by a separation between the two parts of the Yamaha box, desired by Vale.
But water has since flowed under the bridges: “ we stayed together for a while and I think we learned from each other. Lorenzo has always been very motivated and that's what happens when you have two top drivers in the same team. We also had the bike to win the title, so we also fought to win the championship. Overall, and especially from a results point of view, this association was good for the team ».
In 2017, Lorenzo will attempt the Ducati adventure alongside a Dovizioso who is waiting for him. As for Red, he will share space with a Casa Particular in Viñales with long teeth and a fierce appetite.
