"Maybe Valentino stayed too long in MotoGP"

Three races from the end of the World Cup, the "Doctor" has only won two podium places and finds himself in seventh place in the world championship standings, with a tally of just 145 points.

If until a few months ago there could have been an excuse for a less competitive Yamaha, after the explosion of Fabio Quartararo the music has definitely changed, because the M1s are almost always able to fight for the pole and for the podium. Except for one, however, the one with the number 46.

A situation that has led to doubting the choice of the Tavullia pilot to continue to race up to more than 40 years even a great friend of his like Jeremy Burgess, the technical leader with whom he won all his 7 world class titles and with whom has divided the box until the end of 2013.

"Maybe he stayed a little too long" said Burgess in an interview granted to the official website of the Australian Grand Prix, referring to his very long career in MotoGP.

Then he argued his thoughts, emphasizing how Valentino can no longer make the difference in the race as he did up to a few years, when he was almost always able to recover even after having made qualifications below expectations.

"The worrying thing, which for me is also the saddest thing, is that in the race it is ending where it qualifies" explained the Australian coach.

"A few years ago, we wouldn't have worried if he qualified tenth, because we knew he would have recovered four or five positions immediately and would have gone on the podium or he would have fought to do it," he added.

The doubt therefore seems to be that by now Rossi's career may have taken a descending parabola, even if on this thing Burgess tried not to be too categorical: "If this is another step down the slope, who can know?" .

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