Rossi had a great time during the second virtual Grand Prix on console

Valentino Rossi tried everything during the second virtual MotoGP Grand Prix on the Red Bull Ring circuit (Austria), but his three falls (!) Finally relegated him to 7th place in this "race" in the form of a video game on console… Amused by the experience, the Doctor recognizes that he still has to train himself to handle a joystick as effectively as a handlebars! Explanations.

Valentino Rossi, 40, adds a new unprecedented experience to his long career: a video game console "race" against his real MotoGP rivals, one launched by promoter Dorna to occupy the media space during the lockdown linked to the coronavirus. 

• MNC of March 30, 2020 :
• MNC of March 20, 2020 :

The nine-time world champion, absent during the (Italy), was surprisingly close to his habits in real life: qualified at the back of the grid, he put on a show with a thrilling comeback to the second group !

At the control, the n ° 46 returned in the wake of Danilo Petrucci despite two crashes at the start of the race: the first in a collective collision and the second through his fault. Alas, a new excess of optimism ended his hopes of overtaking "Petrux".

"Danilo is heavy, including on PlayStation"

"I tried in this last corner because Danilo was not that far … But it is heavy, including on the PlayStation. I touched it and it was I who fell," he says. he joking nicely about the beefy build of his compatriot on the official Ducati.

Meanwhile, the fight for victory was played out like last time between three young drivers particularly at ease on the game console: Franco Bagnaia, Maverick Viñales and Alex Marquez, winner of the first "e-race" at Mugello. "Pecco" Bagnaia, qualified on pole, wins in his Ducati-Pramac ahead of Viñales and Marquez "Junior", while Marquez "Senior" finishes 4th ahead of Quartararo.

"Either way, I had a lot of fun," Rossi concludes. "I am not at a fantastic level, but I will try to improve!", Warns the Yamaha official who, like everyone else, looks forward to the end of the Covid-19 pandemic and the start of real MotoGP races.

This launch of the MotoGP 2020 season is at this point postponed – at best – to the German Grand Prix at Sachsenring on June 21. Provided that the health situation improves in the most affected countries (Italy and Spain in particular), while a second wave of contamination is already affecting Asia…

• MotoGP 2020 : 
• MNC of April 4, 2020 :

In France, confinement has just been extended by four weeks until Monday, May 11, while the Covid-19 has already claimed almost 15,000 victims (574 yesterday) and that the Directorate General of Health (DSG) announces that "the epidemic is reaching a high plateau phase".

Dorna Sports for its part made it known that it was possible and also announced that the pilots would not run beyond "December 15" to avoid amputating the preparation for the 2021 season. The promoter also rules out – to on this day – the possibility of competing in two races per weekend.

To be continued on MNC: stay confined !

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