Have just read that Valentino Rossi has broken his leg in a training accident.
Sorry to hear that. Never nice when someone gets hurt.
Get well soon.
Thats a bummer and he is doing so well - 38 and a broken leg - could it be the end? :bugga:
Indeed never good, these things never heal properly, and doing motocross as well
https://www.autosport.com/motogp/news/131549/rossi-breaks-leg-in-motocross-crash
he uses motocross bikes at his ranch
the track is flat but a lose surface no jumps tho.
many of the top guys go there to train .
its a big place just behind his house.
love him or loath him its sad new as the championship is close this year and i was hoping it would be settled on the race track as when its this close always a great atmosphere in valencia in November.
:cheers:
Shame -considering the speeds he does in GP. To happen like this.
http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/opinion/motogp/rossi-when-dirt-bikes-bite?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MatOxley&utm_content=RossiLegBreak
Oxley sums it up nicely. I believe this is the start of the end for his Moto Gp carrier. Age is starting to show. Those last laps in Silverstone he couldn't stay with the top boys.
But now for the million dollar question. Who will ride his bike in Misano next weekend??? :whistling:
I would like to see Zarco on the 2017 M1!!!!
I hope he continues racing as long as he's competitive.
Going by his previous form this season and where he still sits in the world championship he's far from past it. Maybe he won't ever see another Championship win but racing is largely about entertainment. The battles, the characters, the tactics, the mistakes. Rossi is good for this and good for the sport in general.
Sure MotoGP racing will continue when he's gone but just like a favourite boxer or racehorse he's there to entertain us, like him or hate him, hero or villain, he has a roll.
New Thailand MotoGP race next year.
I wouldn't mind going to that.
Yes Tony i agree. He's such an icon.
When people think Moto GP most think Valentino Rossi......the sport will be the poorer when he's not there.
That was his kicking leg too! :facepalm:
Quote from: Batkwaka on Saturday, 02 September 2017, 06:34 AM
That was his kicking leg too! :facepalm:
I'm a miserable bastard but I laughed out at that :happy1:
Bugger. I love watching Rossi
Quote from: Batkwaka on Saturday, 02 September 2017, 06:34 AM
That was his kicking leg too! :facepalm:
smileysmileysmileysmileysmileysmileysmileysmileysmiley
Gold
he will ride with a broken leg, maybe. :grin:
The repair went well, I think if he can ride he will.
If you saw him at silverstone it wasn't his fitness why he couldn't keep up it was rear tyre spinning out on corners you couldn't see on TVs but I was there and could hear it spin up and smell the rubber
So nothing to do with cant keep up
It will be a sad day when 46 is not on our screens every summer
Valentino Rossi looks set to return to track action tomorrow, less than three weeks after breaking his leg in a training crash on his enduro bike and potentially even with the goal of riding at this weekend's MotoGP race at the Motorland Aragon circuit.
Only 18 days since the nine-time world champion underwent surgery to have a broken tibia in his right leg pinned after a low-speed fall while out riding with friends, the Italian will reportedly take to track at his home circuit of Misano tomorrow on one of the Yamaha R6 machines that he and the VR46 Academy riders use for training at the home of the San Marino Grand Prix. !!! :smile2:
Good news. Moto GP doesn't seem the same when he's not there.
I have to agree I think Vale is awesome for the sport. No doubt he is an alien, the man was basically born and placed on a motorcycle, knee down at 3 years of age, watch the Youtube video's. HE is probably the best known motorsport personality in the world at present. We will say in future years the "Rossi times or era" and people will nod and know exactly when this was. My personal opinion is there is a finite number of years he can ride competitively but until that time arrives we need to enjoy his majesty and mastery of what are incredibly difficult motorcycles to ride on the knifes edge like these guys do week in week out. Then for fun guess what, they go motorcycling for fun at his personal track and these devotees flock to him, other world champions from all other disciplines, who'd a thunk it LOL.
May the king rule :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: