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On the threshold of retirement, Stoner: Valentino Rossi can still appear very competitive! : Okezone Sports

TAVULLIA – Former racer MotoGP, Casey Stoner, also commented on the performance Valentino Rossi which is declining in MotoGP. It seems that it is difficult to compete with young racers, Valentino Rossi is believed to still be able to appear very competitive on the MotoGP stage.

As is known, Rossi’s future in MotoGP is now being buffeted by various speculations. All of this arose because of the performance of The Doctor – Rossi’s nickname – which continued to decline on the MotoGP stage in the last few seasons.

Rossi even last felt the beauty of occupying the first podium in 2017. To be precise, it happened at the Dutch MotoGP. After that, the nine-time world champion was more often scattered to the bottom position in the race.

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This season, Rossi’s performance has not improved. The Italian racer has even finished the race only once in 10th position. That happened in the 2021 Italian MotoGP.

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This condition has inevitably made Rossi only collect 15 points in the 2021 MotoGP rider standings. With these points, the Petronas Yamaha SRT racer is still scattered in 19th position in the MotoGP rider standings.

Many people think that the decline in Rossi’s performance occurs because of the difficulty of competing with the performance of the young drivers who are still very impressive. Understandably, Rossi himself is not young anymore. He turned 42 in mid-February.

No doubt, the push for retirement emerged. However, Stoner has a different view. He firmly believes that his former strongest rival is still a competitive racer. In fact, if he gets the opportunity, it is not impossible that Rossi can appear very impressive again in MotoGP.

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“I feel if Valentino Rossi has the opportunity to reinvent himself, he still has the possibility to be very competitive,” said Stoner, as quoted by Motosan, Monday (14/6/2021).

Rossi is rumored to be determining his future after undergoing the next two races, namely the 2021 German and Dutch MotoGP. The 2021 German MotoGP itself is known to be held at the Sachsenring Circuit on June 20, 2021. After that, there will be the 2021 Dutch MotoGP which will be held at the Assen Circuit on June 27, 2021. .

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