Brno - There was an opportunity for Valentino Rossi to win the 2018 Czech Republic MotoGP race at the Brno Circuit on Sunday (08/06/2018). However, in the end the Movistar Yamaha racer was only able to finish fifth.

Yes, Rossi's adventure in Czech MotoGP is like a roller coaster. He was in the leading position to win the race, but instead failed to get on the podium. One problem that is still the barrier of The Doctor is ban.

This is a problem that befell Rossi since last season. This is a problem that makes the Italian racer having a hard time fighting for the title. At Brno, he had taken the lead for several rounds and had good speed in the first half of the race.

Approaching the finish line of the Czech Republic MotoGP, Rossi was overwhelmed by the speed of Andrea Dovizioso, Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez to only be able to secure fourth place. The time record is 2.902 seconds adrift of Dovi who won the championship podium.

"This is a very interesting race because I was able to follow the drivers in front. In the first half, I was very fast, but when the tires began to wear out, we lost acceleration. From there, we realized and it became difficult," Rossi complained after the race , quoted by Tuttomotoriweb.


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