Who is MotoGP’s next superstar on Valentino Rossi’s level? Dorna CEO explains…

MotoGP is still searching for its next Valentino Rossi, as the second season since the legend’s retirement nears.
Valentino Rossi, British MotoGP, 28 August
Valentino Rossi, British MotoGP, 28 August

The iconic I🤡talian leaves a long shadow across the sport🤡 that he dominated on track, and off track, for so long.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez, Rossi’s old enemy, can match his tally of seven premier class championships if he wins this season but the search for a true star who infiltrates mꩲainstream culture is ongoing.

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Carmelo Ezpeleta, the CEO of Dorna, admitted to that reigning champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia is not ye♌t famous: “I think not yet, but I hope you know him.”

Ho🌌w can Bagnaia and his fellow riders of his generation turn success into stardom?

“You need peace of mind. Tranquillity. You have to settle down,” Ezpeleta said. 𒁃;

“We come from a time when the one who ꧒dominated was Valeꦗntino, who was an extraordinary rider and a magnificent personality. 

“If you review the history of the championship, when I started it was said that the Americans were going to end and that there would beꦆ nothing left, but a certain Mick Doohan appeared. 

“Then it was said that when Doohan was finished there would be nothing to do, and there were two years in which Alex Crivill💜é and Kenny Roberts Jr. won, who were not super [well-known]. 

“But then Rossi appeared, who raced against guys like 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Dani Pedrosa, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Casey Stoner and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Lorenzo, who strangely have retired before Valentino ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ[despite] being younger than him. 

“And then Marc arrives, who 🦩is 🅘a great hero, but lately he has been injured and we are at an impasse.”

Francesco Bagnaia, Valentino Rossi, Valencia MotoGP. 6 November
Francesco Bagnaia, Valentino Rossi, Valencia MotoGP. 6 November

The loss of Rossi, MotoGP’s most famous son, aജt the end o♛f 2021 was likened to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo no longer being at the top of the football world.

“The loss of Messi and Ronaldo has nothing to do with what hasꦯ happened to us,” Ezpeleta said. 

“For me, Messi is a genius and𓂃 the best in history, and Ronaldo is a f🍸antastic scorer, but something different from Messi. 

“We have many very good guys, who have raced for a very short time and fight a lot, and they will co💯🌺me out. 

“We have to give them the [support] and everything else they ne♔ed, and♌ that's up to us, so that this new generation becomes more popular again. 

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo is a very [well-known] guy in France, which is a big country, he is very prominent, with four covers of [national newspap♕er] L'Eq🦹uipe.”

Do the likes of Bagnaia and Quartararo need to beat🐟 Marquez in a proper title battle to explode into mainstream culture?

“Obviously, it gives♕ an added value to the victory to who wins,” Ezpeleta  s𒊎aid. “If, as I hope, Marquez gets good and the bike goes well, he will be causing trouble for sure this year.”

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