Chance or destiny has led to two of the drivers hating each other the most in their racing career, sharing the tribute at this Italian Grand Prix in Mugello. Yesterday, Friday, it was Max Biaggi’s turn to be a MotoGP Legend, one of 34 already decorated, and on Sunday he will do a lap of honor with his iconic Aprilia 250cc before the MotoGP race. And this Saturday all the fame gained between 12:20 pm and 12:30 pm, before the ‘qualy’, Valentino Rossi, when in the main straight of the Autodromo del Mugello, his ‘Mugiallo’, a simple action the performed. as he likes best.
Recognized as a MotoGP Legend in Valencia on November 14, on May 14 the retirement of his 46, one of the most iconic figures in the sport, was made official, in the top 10 of Diego Armando Maradona, Leo Messi or Pelé, 7 by Cristiano Ronaldo, 23 by Michael Jordan, 12 by Tom Brady, 8 and 24 by Kobe Bryant, 32 by Magic Johnson or 34 by Shaquille O’Neal or 23 and 6 by Lebron James.
Casually wearing a light T-shirt three sizes larger and denim shorts and a black cap with his 46 Valentino Rossi left the box of his MotoGP team, the Mooney VR46 Team, and from there to the finish line where the entire grid is in MotoGP awaits him and where Jorge Viegas, FIM president and Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO of Dorna, gave him a mini 46 while on the stand a large gialla smoke that gave color to the valleys of Tuscan where the circuit is located.
He took the floor to express that “we want to thank the Mugello public. The first lap of the warmup at Mugello was always one of the greatest emotions on a motorcycle. Thanks for this, it was beautiful, it’s a shame we could not race for another three or four years. ” And I can’t miss the funny comment: “The pain in my back, the pain in my knee and that’s when I realized I was getting old.”
The entire MotoGP grid came out of its pits and posed with its ‘bodyguard’, now everyone gathered on their MotoGP team, and the football fan sang ‘Oeee oeee Valee Valee’.
It is the sixth number to retire from MotoGP after 34 by Schwantz, 74 by Kato, 58 by Simoncelli, 65 by Capirossi and 69 by Hayden. No one can use one of these numbers in the star grid. Shoya Tomizawa’s 48th and Luis Salom’s 39th have also retired in Moto2 and Jason Dupasquier’s 50th in Moto3.
Source: La Verdad
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