“The death of Marco Simoncelli was really a shock because I lost a friend, but especially because I was part of the accident.”

Valentino Rossi He has recently granted an interview with ‘Poretcast’, in which among many issues he deals with the death of his friend and partner Marco Simoncelli In the MotoGP Malaysia Grand Prix: “His death was really a shock because I lost a friend, but especially because I was part of the fatal accident. We were 22 pilots on the track and just at that time I was me who hit him … but I didn’t think about retiring“.

In that sense, The doctor confesses that “I did an awareness exam, I understood that I had not been able to avoid that fatality. I had the remorse of having lost a great friend. “

The Italian, during the talk, is also pronounced on How he managed his withdrawal of the Motorcycling World Cup: “The general director of Yamaha, Lin Jarvis, came to Tavullia to Communicate that they were going to sign Fabio Quartararo in my place. I left him out of time when asked to go to the Petronas and Jarvis satellite team did not oppose (…) When I fell hard in Asen 2021, I understood that the time had come to say enough. Coincidentally, just in those days, Francesca -his couple -and I knew that Giulietta was coming -his first daughter -“.

Valentino Rossi, who currently owns the Enduro VR46 Racing MotoGP team, He has been present this season at the big prizes of Qatar and Jerez.