VALENTINO Rossi (Petronas Yamaha) has finally opened up about its poor performance in the event MotoGP in the last three years, namely 2019, 2020 and 2021. The Doctor –Valentino Rossi’s nickname – said tires were a problem for him that it was difficult to compete again in MotoGP.
In MotoGP 2018, Valentino Rossi was not able to win the race. However, The Doctor still able to finish on the podium five times. As a result, at the end of the 2018 MotoGP, Valentino Rossi finished in third place in the standings with 198 points.
However, the rule changes ahead of dropping in turun MotoGP 2019 made Valentino Rossi and the team have to find a way to maintain the performance of the iron horse. At that time, Valentino Rossi and the team agreed to strengthen the back of the bike.
Unfortunately after that, a series of bad results obtained by Valentino Rossi. After finishing seventh in the 2019 MotoGP standings, Valentino Rossi finished the 2020 competition on the 15th ladder! How is this season? Valentino Rossi stuck in 19th position standings.
“I think I was strong, fast and competitive in 2018. Even though I didn’t win the race, I finished 5-6 times on the podium. For example, I finished second at the Sachsenring in 2018,” Valentino Rossi quoted from Crash, Sunday (20/6/2021).
“From 2019 everything changes and we need to work with the bike in a different way than in the past. From then on, the tires made me suffer because it was difficult to find the best setting, “continued Valentino Rossi.
