Valentino Rossi He traveled on Thursday night on a private jet to Valencia with the intention of arriving on time for the MotoGP European GP. The Italian pilot tested negative on the last PCR to which he was subjected, as reported Yamaha, so that could run at Ricardo Tormo Circuit this Sunday if you pass another coronavirus test this Friday.
Missing a positive second
To be able to participate in the European GP from Saturday, Rossi will have to test negative for the second time this Friday in Cheste
Rossi it gave
Covid-19 positive for the first time on October 15, before the Aragon GP at Motorland. So the Dottore he missed both races followed that were disputed in Alcañiz. Yamaha chose not to replace him by any other rider, distrusting the low form of Jorge Lorenzo
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Again, last Thursday, October 29 and Tuesday, November 3, Rossi tested positive again. That’s why Yamaha appointed the American Garrett Gerloff, Yamaha Superbike rider, as a substitute for Valencia if the italian did not arrive on time.
This Thursday afternoon, Rossi tested negative for the first time. So that, following the legislation
Italian –Which allows us to leave confinement– at night he traveled in a private jet since Rimini toward Valencia. This Friday, at the Cheste circuit he will undergo another test. If it is negative again, you will be able to participate in the European GP.
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After missing the two races of Alcañiz Rossi, he fell to 15th overall, 79 points behind the leader.
Yes Rossi said positive, Gerloff I would replace him in the first of the two Valencia races. The loss in the two races of Aragon have caused the Italian to lose positions in the classification general MotoGP: is now 15.º, with 58 points, 79 to the leader, Joan Mir. Mathematically yes has no options to achieve the World Cup.
