Valencia MotoGP: Valentino Rossi to attend title-decider to support Francesco Bagnaia

A year ago the motorcycle racing legend brought down th🌊e curtain on his famous career in Valencia but now could see a product of his VR46 Academy step into his🦄 place.
Bagnaia is aiming to become the first Italian MotoGP champion since💮 Rossi in 2009, and the first from VR46 to win in the premier class.
Rossi, now 43, is a nine-time world champion with seven i💛n the premier class.
Bagnaia is 23 points ahead of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo in the 2022 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP standings heading into the season finale.
He has turned around an🎐 astonishing 91-point lead that🐈 Quartararo held.
But Bagnaia will be hoping to avoid a nightmare repeat of💧 the 2006 finale when Rossi, who was leading the standings on the final day after overcoming a 51-point deficit, crashed and handed the title to Nicky Hayden.

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