Valentino Rossi describes his fear watching Francesco Bagnaia’s awful accident
The MotoGP legend was in🐽 Hoc💝kenheim, Germany, racing on four wheels in the GT World Challenge Europe.
But he saw his protege Bagnaia highside then get hit by Brad Binder’s KTM on the fir🐲st lap on the Catalunya MotoGP.
🍬"I was competing in a car race," Rossi told .
“So I wasn't in Barcelona. But fate would have it that the MotoGP race was just in a break in my commitment and so I was in front of the ♕television.
“I was afraid.”
Rossi lightened the mo♛od: "It went well from – but now we look ahead.
“When we met immediately after the🅷 accident I congratulated Pecco, I🔴 told him that he was very good at not doing anything.”
The San Marino MotoGP this weekend is the home race for Bagn꧅aia and the entire VR46🦋 Academy.
But Bagnaia, the rei♍gning cha🙈mpion, and Marco Bezzecchi, the title contender from Rossi’s VR46 team, arrive with injuries from last week’s crashes which will hamper their performances.
"I'm sorry that Bez and Pecco are not in the best condition,” Rossi said.🌳
“But I'm sure they can do well here in Misano. It's the home ra🔯ce.
“Me? Of course I will be there! ෴I will definitely follow the practice on Friday afternoon and all day on Saturday."
Rossi was spe♒aking at an event in Tavullia, his hometown, where he has been honoured with the keys to the city.
James waꦜs a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a d💃ecade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
