THE GRID: MOTOGP WITH B.T.
ARON CANET
GREATNESS AND THE GREATEST REIGN SUPREME AT THE DUTCHGP It was 2013, Valentino Rossi was back with Yamaha after two disastrous years with Ducati. He came back to Yamaha with his tail between his legs, feeling shunned for another rider, he left in a huff for another try with another team. It didn't work and now he was back with his old lover. It felt right. Blue and yellow looked better than the red, white and yellow of Ducati which never seemed quite right.
with me? The only thing I can say is that it was the Rossi effect.
Fast forward to the 2017 Assen GP. Indianapolis, Indiana, I'm in my bedroom and... Whoa! I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's start at the beginning with Moto3! I've always said Moto3 has the best racing on the planet and Sunday only solidified that fact! Aron Canet came from three seconds back to take his second victory of the season and closed the gap on All the talk was of the rookie Marc Marquez, who was championship leader Joan Mir, who's last lap strategy kicking ass and taking names. Later, Rossi was almost backfired horribly as he finished off the podium. an afterthought, after all, he hadn't won in over two years! A lifetime in MotoGP. The whispers could be Moto2 must've been feeling left out of the conversation like an old guy at a young man's party because they heard, "He's done. Time to retire!" had their best race of the season. Five racers battled Cue the Assen GP! I remember I was in my bedroom. until the last chicane, literally with Franco Morbidelli It was early morning Indianapolis time and I remember snatching victory away from Tom Luthi. Morbidelli literally having tears in my eyes as Rossi administered had recently signed a contract to race MotoGP in an ass whooping on Marquez and the rest of the field 2018 and proved why, with the kind of race savvy as he won his first race in over two years! I was a that will surely work in the premier class. Morbidelli grown man crying because another grown man had is a true example of hard work combined with never won a motorcycle race. What the hell was wrong giving up having started in Superstock 1000 and now 36 | SPORTBIKESINCMAG.COM