Valentino Rossi will begin his twenty-sixth season at the highest level of motorcycle racing in 2021. At 42, he's dizzy and he'll stay on a Yamaha that gives headaches. This is how the driver and manufacturer couple, who will evolve in a Petronas satellite team, are considered on the eve of a campaign whose first maneuvers will take place next week in Qatar...
The 2021 season is at its weapons vigil and the first training sessions will take place at the start of the month of March which will offer the Qatar as a theater of operation. Among the evaluations before getting to the heart of the matter, there is still and always a Valentino Rossi with a fixed track record, but with a still assertive presence. At the age of 42, he is still facing the third generation of pilots...
A reality that astonishes even Jack Miller who comments on the La Gazzetta dello Sport : " Valentino is like Highlander, he faces a third generation... You never know what to expect from this boy and I certainly don't rule him out. Even though things get harder and the years don't go backwards. But mentally he remains very strong, and he has such a desire that we cannot ignore him » said the Australian, taking stock of the forces present this season in MotoGP.
Valentino Rossi and physical decline
In his column on YouTube, Chicho Lorenzo is, as usual, more direct: “ Valentino Rossi has the opportunity to choose. He will continue to be competitive unless he suffers considerable physical decline, which will happen. As long as he has the will and the motivation, he will be able to have opportunities which always present themselves in racing ».
But if the father of Jorge Lorenzo has a concern to be made known, it is not towards the Doctor. The Spaniard is therefore more concerned about the Yamaha case in general: “ at Yamaha, I see everything lost and they will live more from the failures of others than from their successes. As long as there is no renewal within the team, they do not retire and do not hire anyone new, they will continue like this ". A disastrous destiny...
