Despite a official press release from the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team yet very clear about the replacement of Valentino Rossi by Michael van der Mark in Aragon, our colleagues from the very serious Italian site Motoracing persist and sign by writing that there remains a possibility that the Doctor will be present at the start of the race.
Therefore, announced first on Sunday or Monday, a driving session will finally take place on Tuesday on the Misano circuit to allow Valentino Rossi, riding a Yamaha R6, to judge the mobility of his ankle and knee, barely three weeks after his accident. in Enduro.
If the weather forecast which predicts rain is wrong and the test is conclusive, Valentino Rossi could decide to go to Aragon to try to receive the green light from the doctors in order to participate in the first free practice session, before possibly , to continue the weekend.
Let's admit it honestly, we wouldn't really understand the point of such haste: Valentino Rossi would be physically diminished anyway and, with 42 points over the Márquez/Dovizioso duo in the championship, the matter already seems classified.
On the other hand, the Asian tour begins in a little over three weeks, and it requires perfect physical condition, due to its consecutive races, its time differences and its thermal changes.
Logic would therefore dictate that Valentino Rossi concentrates his re-education on this oriental triptych, but we cannot however ignore thearticle by Corsedimoto published today, an organ which has always demonstrated the greatest reliability in the past…
