The Italian arrived at Le Mans hopeful and with the intention of confirming that all the work done on the test day in Jerez, after the Spanish Grand Prix, was indeed going to allow him to take a step forward.
However, the harsh weather that usually welcomes the MotoGP World Championship caravan on the French track made it impossible to draw a very clear conclusion, even though Il Dottore improved, both in the pace shown in the long runs and in a single lap. .
Despite this, a very early touch with Pol Espargaró and Franco Morbidelli caused him to go wide in the first lap, and there many of his chances of staying in the front group died.
In that action, Rossi went from seventh place to 13th, and stayed there at all times, limited by the laziness of his M1 with the track that way, neither dry nor wet.
“The worst possible conditions were given. It was a shame because throughout the weekend I was fast in the rain and I was not bad on the dry track”, declared the Yamaha Petronas team rider, after starring in his best race of this 2020. “The result is nothing of the other world but a little better than the previous ones, and in a way it confirms that the changes we made in Jerez work”, added the #46 .
Regarding the action with Espargaró and his neighbor in the workshop, Rossi came to say that the Honda rider was a bit too aggressive, even though it was Morbidelli who entered last and hit the Spaniard, who in turn hit the Tavullia rider.
“Pol had a scare and when he came back he almost touched me. At that moment Morbidelli also arrived. I lost a world there”, described Rossi, who in two weeks will perform at Mugello , one of his two home events, although this time without an audience and with the possibility that it will be the last for him: “Running at Mugello without people will be like shooting a test Monday”.
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