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Doohan: Rossi at bottom of slope now

12 April 2011

Mick Doohan does not foresee an easy ride for Valentino Rossi in this year’s MotoGP World Championship, with the Italian having made the switch from Yamaha to Ducati.


“He's a great rider and there's no other way of saying it,” the Australian, five-times title winner for consecutive years from 1994, told Reuters. “But I think it's going to be tough for him - he's no spring chicken in motor racing terms.

“I think, in any sport, you've only really got a decade to totally immerse yourself in the top of a sport. He's in his 12th season so it doesn't get any easier, especially after you've had that success.

“So I'm not saying that his career's over, but it's not a downhill ride anymore. I think he's at the bottom of the slope.”

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