MotoGP 2019: 5 Talking Points after Aragon GP

#3 Father time catching up with Valentino Rossi

Rossi's performance has fallen off a cliff this year

Some day this was going to happen for sure. Valentino Rossi again had a race where he was truly outpaced by his Yamaha counterparts.

Losing out in qualifying was never too much of an issue but Rossi has been significantly slower in race trim to both Vinales and Quartararo. This is bit of a surprise because the former World Champion, even until last year was putting the Yamaha in places it didn't deserve to be in.

Is it just Vinales finally finding that next gear with Yamaha or the years of labour finally denting Rossi's motivation or the more obvious one where the time has finally caught up with the Doctor is anyone's guess.

The recent run of results don't make pretty reading and it would be interesting to see whether the Yamaha management takes a note of it.

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