Malaysian GP – Rossi (crash): "Too bad, it was my best race of the season"…
Valentino Rossi, legitimately disappointed by this Malaysian Grand Prix which finally seemed within his reach, tries to be positive after his fall at the head of the race a few laps from the finish… Fallen under the eyes of Marc Marquez who caught up with him, the Doctor will try to confirm in Valence the apparent progress of his Yamaha. Debriefing.
Valentino Rossi, Yamaha Movistar (3rd in qualifying then 2nd on the grid and 18th in the race) : "It’s a shame, because it was my best race of the season. I felt comfortable, I had a good pace, I was attacking and I had a chance to win".
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"Unfortunately four or five laps from the end I fell. I don’t understand what happened but I made a mistake because I fell. It’s terrible, but it’s still a good weekend because we have progressed in the development of the bike. I think we have some work left to do, but it seems that we are now able to use the bike better than in the last races. good news, but we’ll have to see if we’re that strong in Valencia. It’s generally a complicated circuit for us, but we’ll have to try ".
MNC analysis : Author of a great start from second place on the grid, Valentino Rossi made the hole shot and took the lead in the Malaysian GP yesterday at Sepang. Chaining the fast lap times like a metronome (less than a tenth of a difference on each lap!), The Doctor seemed to be heading straight for his first victory of the season, he who has not won since the …
Unfortunately, as he approaches the 17th lap still in the lead, Rossi has just been panned by his team: biting his teeth, Marc Marquez has reduced his gap to 6 tenths and will certainly not be long in attempting an attack on his …
The Doctor, who has so often been in the position of a hunter in his career, ideally placed before carrying a masterful attack in the last laps, now finds himself in the role of the prey … Under pressure and certainly anxious at the idea to let slip this victory which is only a few lengths away, he and can only watch Marquez slip away to another success…
Starting again in penultimate position behind Xavier Simeon and ahead of Scott Redding, Rossi will not have time to climb in the points and cross the finish line in 18th place.
“Apart from the crash, I had never seen Rossi so consistent,” said his other best enemy Jorge Lorenzo: “more than ten laps in a tenth on the hottest and longest circuit, that impressed me. that some started to talk about his age after the last race "…
Nice performance certainly, but this white result – his second of the season after the – now places Rossi under the direct threat of his teammate Maverick Viñales for third place in the general classification: before the Valencia GP in 15 days, the Spanish point two small points behind the Italian (193 Vs 195!) while Andrea Dovizioso consolidates her second place with 220 points.
Before definitively closing this 2018 season and turning to the, Rossi will be keen to retain his third place in the general classification, especially against his own teammate: so many promises of spectacle during the final in Valencia on November 18 !
2018 MotoGP Malaysian GP highlights
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