10-07-2021, 09:10 AM
I've been follow GP since 1973, and watch every practice, qualifying and race with my Dorna GP package. Used to watch it on TV on some Spanish Channel before that, Wild World of Sports before that and prior to that had to just read it in Cycle News and the monthly mc rags lol.
I was dissapointed that Rossi lost the 2006 Championship, but Hayden won and he was a really nice guy, so that was a good consolation. I was also disappointed that Pedrosa never won a Championship. Great rider, great sportsman, nice guy. Rossi really hasn't been competitive for a few years now, but usually has at least has a podium or 2. This year it has been sad watching him flounder around in the bottom 2 or 3. It became obvious 5 years ago Rossi was not going to win another Championship. I'm glad he finally decided to retire, not because I am not a fan of his, but because I am a fan of his.
Things aren't going to be as easy for Marquez going forward either. There is a great group of youngster coming along that have tasted victory in his absence, and believe in themselves and in the fact that even a healthy Marquez can be beaten. ( although not at a few tracks lol)
I was dissapointed that Rossi lost the 2006 Championship, but Hayden won and he was a really nice guy, so that was a good consolation. I was also disappointed that Pedrosa never won a Championship. Great rider, great sportsman, nice guy. Rossi really hasn't been competitive for a few years now, but usually has at least has a podium or 2. This year it has been sad watching him flounder around in the bottom 2 or 3. It became obvious 5 years ago Rossi was not going to win another Championship. I'm glad he finally decided to retire, not because I am not a fan of his, but because I am a fan of his.
Things aren't going to be as easy for Marquez going forward either. There is a great group of youngster coming along that have tasted victory in his absence, and believe in themselves and in the fact that even a healthy Marquez can be beaten. ( although not at a few tracks lol)