MotoGP Valencia | Challenge to three Valentino Rossi, Fabio Quartararo and Petrux

Fabio Quartararo, Valentino Rossi and Danilo Petrucci in Valencia will compete for the 5th final place. The French rookie can confirm itself as best independent.

The 2019 season ended the world games prematurely, but in Valencia Fabio Quartararo is called to a three-way challenge with Valentino Rossi is Danilo Petrucci. It will be a good duel to compete for the fifth final place in the drivers' standings. For everyone it would be an injection of confidence in view of the IRTA tests and the next World Cup. The Doctor is back from Sepang's fourth place, he almost missed the podium, but he found a good feeling with the rear of his Yamaha M1. After several freediving races, he was able to squeeze without worrying too much about the rear's wear, thanks to a track marked by several bends.

Behind Alex Rins is Danilo Petrucci at 176, but in the last six races he has never gone beyond 9th place. The Ducati rider complains of lack of traction riding his Desmosedici, with high temperatures everything becomes more difficult for a rider of his size. Useless the attempts made by the technicians of Borgo Panigale, has gradually lost the third place in the standings. The only acute ones in Thailand and Australia, where he finished qualifying in the second row. As mentioned, Petrucci has 176 points in the standings, Quartararo follows at 172, 166 for Valentino Rossi. Three pilots gathered in a ten-point window. The real favorite is the French of the Petronas SRT team, already best rookie of the year and one step away from being confirmed as the best independent driver.

A mistake at the Sepang green light relegated him to seventh final position, but it certainly didn't stain his brilliant debut season. Six podiums and five pole positions, goals that were unthinkable even for the most risky of bettors. "The goal is to finish the year well with a good result in Valencia – said Fabio Quartararo -. We are close to reaching the independent drivers' championship, with a gap from Jack [Miller] over twenty points. So another goal will be to manage it effectively. The set-up of our bike is completely different than it was when I drove Valencia for the last time twelve months ago. I have more experience as a driver and the team has more experience. This time we should be faster".