Valentino Rossi will therefore not be in Misano this weekend, for a San Marino Grand Prix which will mark the thirteenth of eighteen meetings of the MotoGP season. The fault was a broken right leg in training, an enduro race which went wrong on a course he has known since the age of 18. As fate would have it, his new competition is now that of his convalescence. It has already started.
« I don't feel so bad and have already managed to start light physiotherapy ". This is how the Doctor reassures on the airwaves of motogp.com about his motivation to return to business as quickly as possible. His face drawn as much by the effort as by the frustration, imposed by his situation, he speaks of a Japanese Grand Prix for his reunion with the Yamaha. But in the back of his mind, he has Aragon, in 22 days, in visual…
« Everything will depend on my leg. I think I will return to Motegi, it's difficult to make predictions. We still have to see how my leg will react, how the pain will be when I have to push to make it work. The last time I fractured it was in 2010, and this time the injury is less serious. I then came back after 40 or 41 days. Aragon is planned much earlier, in about three weeks. Every day we will try, we will work and we will see. It will be very hard, but we will try ».
Before his accident, Valentino Rossi was fourth in the championship, 26 points behind the leader Dovizioso.
