Although Valentino Rossi’s last few seasons in MotoGP have been a difficult time for his fans, he has put in some great performances at times.
For years, the Italian rider used to compete in the championship every season. Although he will ride until 2021, he has not won a Cup since 2009.
Rossi Held on a factory ride with Yamaha Until the end of 2020 when he was forced to make way for Fabio Quatararo.
The following year, he became his former team MotoGP Champions again, so it turned out to be the right decision on their part.
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Rossi thinks the MotoGP paddock is now more ‘professional’Now more than 25 years ago, he started his career in the premier class.
In all his laps on the track, Rossi’s ‘favourite’ battle was Jorge Lorenzo.A three-time champion who was his teammate for seven seasons.
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Jorge Lorenzo stunned by Valentino Rossi’s ‘unbelievable’ lap time at the 2018 Malaysian Grand Prix.
Lorenzo Rossi felt he had to ‘cancel his license’ In the year After the tragic incident with Marc Marquez at the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix.
He would end up denying the championship, and it was his last good shot at achieving it. He let it get the better of him.
He had been on the same track for three years, but with nothing to fight for at the end of the season, he put in one of his most impressive performances.
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He posted 15 consecutive lap times in one tenth before falling off his bike at one turn and finishing 18th. Former team-mate Lorenzo called him ‘unbelievable’.
“What he did in that race shocked and impressed me because I’ve never seen him so consistent,” he said. TNT Sports. “Just 15 laps in a tenth. It’s unbelievable on a two-minute track in 40-degree weather or more.”
“The accuracy, the precision and the focus. I don’t know if I’ve ever had this regularity and this consistency, just one tenth in 15 laps. I’ll probably get close, but he beat me in that race, which was amazing.”
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How has Valentino Rossi fared in the rest of the 2018 MotoGP season?
Although Rossi managed to finish in the top three of the championship in 2018, he got his last victory before the start of the season.
He scored five podiums in the first 10 races before drying up the rest of the year. In any case, he could not dethrone the mighty Marquez.
The highlight of the campaign was second place at the Sixteenring, as he finished by just two seconds.
His last appearance on the podium was the 2017 Dutch TT, where he started fourth on the grid.
