MotoGP – Valencia Day 2 – Rossi: "I made a mistake, I will try to fix it"

Consulting data, almanacs, sticker albums and everything that requires careful analysis, we have come to a conclusion: never before in a MotoGP race has Valentino Rossi started so far back. Fifteenth, due to his own mistake, for a fall as strange as it is insignificant considering his extraordinary 2005 season. Possibility of recovery? Many. On the other hand, last year in Qatar, due to the well-known "Rapida" penalty, starting from the last row in five laps he found himself in fourth position. Why shouldn't he do it tomorrow too?...

“It will be difficult to recover: Qatar aside, I have never started so badly in my career. I made a mistake, I will try to make up for it with an attacking race, without wearing the tires too much. The only problem will be finding the feeling with bike 1 again: it didn't stay very well after the crash!..."

Alessio Piana