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MotoGP, Rossi: "If tomorrow it rains too hard, we'll race on Monday"

"The hope is that it will not be necessary, it will depend on the amount of water. Pedrosa always has his style, I congratulate him on that"

MotoGP: Rossi: "If tomorrow it rains too hard, we'll race on Monday"

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There are some people who just can't get their head around the idea that ​​Valentino will retire and so today an Asian journalist asked him if there was the possibility of changing his mind in the event of excellent results in the season finale. Rossi replied with a joke: “If I win the title, I’ll continue racing”. At the Red Bull Ring after qualifying, however, things did not go particularly well and his 17th place on the grid is confirmation.

“Today we worked on the bike, on the setting - explained the Doctor - The balance wasn't fantastic, but we managed to improve it in the afternoon. Although, in the heat, the conditions were more difficult, I improved my pace, even if I will start from the back and my potential is not phenomenal, tomorrow we will have to try to take some points ”.

The problem is that no one really knows what to expect from the heavens for the race…

"In this sense everything is wide open, because the forecasts are really bad - he continued - If it rains, I hope for a race on a completely wet track, not a damp one".

The risk is that the Red Bull Ring can become very dangerous in case of heavy rain…

"It depends on how much water there will be, because braking at turn 3 is already dangerous in the dry - explained the Doctor - With normal rain it's a race like any other, but if it were heavy then the situation would change."

So much so that the Safety Commission has also been talking about the possibility of postponing the race to Monday.

"I wasn't there, so I don't know exactly what they said, but the priority is to race tomorrow, because moving everything by one day would create other problems. To do this, however, there must be the right conditions, otherwise we will try to decide together what to do. If we have to postpone the race to Monday we will, but I hope that's not the case ”.

While waiting to find out if the rain gods will be lenient, Valentino also commented on Petrucci's sacking by KTM. With Danilo out of MotoGP, Italy will lose another of its riders after Dovizioso and, of course, Rossi himself.

"We have been the three protagonists of the last years of MotoGP, I remember a podium all together in Silverstone in the wet. It’s a shame - said the Doctor – can’t Dovizioso come back? I heard from him recently, but I didn't ask him - he joked - I am very sorry for Danilo because he is still young and I think he still has a lot to give. I hope he finds a place in SBK, he is fast ”.

For one rider who is leaving, there is another one who has returned, even if for just one race. Seeing Pedrosa and Valentino back together on the track was a blast from the past.

“He impressed me, he is always very fast and competitive. We have been following each other these days and I have always seen the usual Dani, with his soft and clean style – were Rossi's words - It is true that he is riding the 2022 bike and that he has done a lot of tests, so he is ready to race, but he proved to be fast after being out of action for 3 years and I congratulate him on that”.

 

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