Rossi’s final MotoGP season “totally valid”

Rossi brought his illustrious MotoGP career to an end last month in his 432nd and final grand prix at the Valencia finale, calling time on a 26-season span which yielded nine world titles and 115 victories.

The Italian had planned to spend the first half of 2020 evaluating his form to see whether he should continue into 2021, but had his hand forced by the COVID-19 pandemic completely…