After the finale at Valencia it was hard to accept that the season had finally finished and that there is so long to wait before it's return. I was intrigued to read all the post season comments from all the riders until I stumbled across a story in MCN about Valentino Rossi wanting to keep the wall between him and Lorenzo up in the Fiat Yamaha garage.
Disappointed is a light way of putting it if I'm honest. I am a huge Rossi fan and one of the main things I love about him is his refusal to be arrogant. However this unnecessary divide in the Yamaha garage has really put a dampener on my admiration for the Italian. At the end of the day Lorenzo is a young and very talented rider who could do with some advice from Rossi, and I thought Rossi could accept in good faith the threat the Spaniard poses to him. Even so I still see this act as a little pitiful.
I have followed Rossi through most of the controversy, such as switching tyre manufacturer, knocking Sete Gibernau off the circuit at Jerez 2004 to name a couple, but I thought he was better than to go about his business in such a manner. I'm sure Lorenzo won't lose any sleep over it and he shouldn't either. If anything the likeable Spaniard will see it as a compliment that the eight times World Champion wants to keep himself to himself out of fear.
Never the less a Rossi fan I remain and unless James Toseland or Nicky Hayden are fighting for the Championship next year then he will have my unconditional support. Lets just hope that Lorenzo doesn't come back to bite Rossi and give him a real good reason to keep that wall up.
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