New age limit ‘better, but I don't know if it will fix all the problems’ – Rossi
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Valentino Rossi finished day-one of the Emilia-Romagna MotoGP a disappointing 22nd after encountering yet more problems in mixed conditions. MotoGP Podcast – Click here to listen to , Harry Benjamin and our own Pete McLaren talk MotoGP Rossi was one of three Yamaha riders to finish inside the bottom five, although the fastest Yamaha rider, championship leader himself Fabio Quartararo, was only 16th. “ad_This came after a full wet FP1 session in which Rossi finished less than two tenths off the top ten in 12th. “I have mixed feelings because in FP1 I was not so bad with the full wet. With a good amount of water on track I was quite fast,” said Rossi.Related Rossi thanks fans for ‘incredible support all over the world’, talks title race 2022 MotoGP World Championship – Rider line-up so far…”I had a good feeling with the bike and was not so far from the top ten. Unfortunately in the afternoon we passed through these mixed conditions where we suffer a lot. “When the track starts to become dry we are always in trouble and the bike becomes very difficult to ride. So, in the afternoon I was not very fast.” Related Rossi set for ‘emotional, special’ final home race at Misano Dovizioso ‘aiming to stay within the group’ at second Misano raceAway from the on-track action, Rossi also spoke about the new safety measures that will be introduced from 2023 onwards. The FIM confirmed today that the new starting age for riders in Moto3 and Moto2 will be 18 (same as MotoGP) as opposed to the current 16 year-old minimum limit. This all comes due to several irresponsible riding incidents this year – not just in MotoGP as the same rules have been implemented in the WorldSBK paddock for WorldSSP and SSP300. “4Rossi alluded to the new rules being ‘better’ but that it won’t necessarily fix ‘all the problems’. Rossi added: “I saw that in the Moto3 and Moto2 world championships it’s from 16 to 18 now and in MotoGP It’s still 18 also. “Especially in Moto3, 16 to 18 is a big change. Everybody wants to start as soon as possible. “5”It’s a big difference because two years is a lot. I don’t know, for sure, for safety this is better but I don’t know if it will fix all the problems. “I think it is more important that all the riders have better behaviour when they are one the track. “They need to follow more precisely the races, race direction and they (race direction) need to be more strict. I started at 17 in the world championship 25 years ago, 18 is quite high.””6
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