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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