Analysis – MotoGP French GP – Rossi: “An error that costs me the victory and the head of the championship” –

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MotoGP French GP – Rossi: "An error which costs me the victory and the head of the championship"

Analysis - MotoGP French GP - Rossi:

Valentino Rossi can harbor regrets after his crash in the last lap of the 2017 French Grand Prix, he who had executed a flamboyant comeback and held the dragee high to his fast teammate, Maverick Viñales. Unfortunately for the Italian, it was his Spanish box neighbor who had the last word at Le Mans… Declarations and analysis MNC.

Valentino Rossi, Yamaha-Movistar (2nd in qualifying and retirement due to a crash in the race): "It’s a shame, because it was probably my best weekend since the start of the season. By Friday I had been competitive – including in the wet – and this Sunday I was particularly competitive. Even though the pace was high, I felt good on the bike, I had a good feeling. At the end of the race I therefore tried to attack. Unfortunately on the last lap, I pulled a bit wide at Garage Vert, this which got Maverick back in. But he was still very close and I knew I was fast in the last sector, in other words there was still hope. ". 

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"We honestly don’t understand what happened. Usually you have to be careful up front, but here I lost the rear. Still, I made a mistake and so it is. . It’s a shame to leave the circuit without scoring a single point. Above all, I’m sorry that I missed out on a possible victory and lost the lead in the provisional standings. Now we have to think about the next track where I hope to be able to feel as well ".

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Site analysis: Valentino Rossi hadn’t been at fault for nine races, his last crash going back to the Japanese GP last fall… If the Doctor is perhaps no longer the fastest on the grid, his consistency and reliability are rarely faulted: these two precious qualities had even propelled him to first place in the provisional, on the strength of his series of three podiums (3rd in Qatar, 2nd in Argentina and Austin) followed by a less brilliant weekend in Jerez (10th). 

Analysis - MotoGP French GP - Rossi:

Arriving at Le Mans however, the n ° 46 knew that he had to win to assert his status as leader against rivals that were admittedly more inconstant, but all credited with at least one victory, or even two for his teammate Viñales… In other words , the pressure was strong on his shoulders for this fifth meeting, an aspect impossible to dissociate from his fall which occurred in the "Esses Bleus" on the last lap. To this obligation of result was added at this time the fierce desire to show it to his new teammate, who had just passed him by putting his guts on the tank of his M1 hit with the n ° 25 !

Since the start of the season, the two Yamaha teammates had never crossed swords yet: when this opportunity presented itself, Rossi the conqueror could not dodge the fight, nor surrender without carrying a final attack. Alas, the man behind the most beautiful passes in MotoGP came up against the intense determination and talent of his young team-mate, whose insane pace pushed the n ° 46 to the fault of only a few bends from the finish.

"From hero to zero, the border is often thin", some motorcycle riders are accustomed to philosophizing, referring to this crucial moment when everything can change, when they decide to push back the limits to gain the upper hand over their opponents. Sometimes when the planets are all aligned, that daring is rewarded with a fantastic surpassing that remains in the annals. But in other cases, all the genius in the world is not enough: the potentially heroic action ends in the carpet, to rail against fate….

Analysis - MotoGP French GP - Rossi:

And yet, how beautiful this race of Valentino Rossi was before its tragic outcome! Within a few laps at Le Mans, the Italian had reconnected with all the genius that characterizes him, and which has taken him to the title nine times in Grand Prix. After a reasonably cautious start, the Doctor suddenly came back in the wake of Zarco and Viñales, passing them in turns with ease with six laps from the checkered flag..

Very comfortable on his bike with the tank empty, the experienced Italian rider even set the second fastest time in the Grand Prix in 1’32.373, just 0.064 sec from the new lap record set shortly after by Viñales (1 ’32 .309) in this fateful last loop. 

Ah, this last lap: sure that many will repeat it over and over again, like the little boy below opportunely filmed in an attempt – somewhat agreed – to copy the photo below taken during the Spanish GP of Formula 1, when a. Photo which had made the "Buzz", to the point of inciting Ferrari to invite the interested party to share a moment with his favorite in the F1 paddocks !

In any case, it would be a shame to reduce the scope of Valentino Rossi’s performance to this unfortunate fall, which occurred at the worst moment: the magnificent race delivered by the genius of the mountain pastures is on the contrary a good omen for the future and shows that at 38 years old, the "old lion" is still capable of making the young guard tremble (Viñales is only 22 years old) !

Certain that the Italian will be able to erase this affront and return to the fight with all the panache that characterizes him, even though his morale was at its lowest starting from Le Mans. Already the n ° 46 has been particularly affected by the accident of his former teammate Nicky Hayden, who is still between life and death after having been … 

The prospect of being able to use the new stiffer-ply tire that Michelin will introduce in the next Mugello race should help him to console himself faster and "get back in the saddle". Rossi is indeed among the most favorable to this increased hardness, which helps him express his formidable braking ability: no doubt he is capitalizing on it to help him climb from 3rd place to the provisional (23 pts behind Viñales) , where he suddenly plunged after his fall.  

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