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The bikes are parked up for the winter and so rather than the stopclock, team members are speaking up. In recent days Alberto Puig gave an interview to, looking back at the 2018 season as well as forward. The Honda team manager also touched on the subject of Valentino Rossi, and he didn't exactly mince his words: “ Valentino has been a great rider and has my full respect. But, everything has its time in life and he is now experiencing a difficult period and won't accept that his time is over – commented Puig – sometimes you have to stop and think. Whether you like it or not, Marc Marquez is now number one. He is not worried about the opinions of those who revolve around Vale – he added – in fact, in Rossi's behaviour, we've identified signs of weakness”.

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He then goes on to talk about Dani Pedrosa, whose adventure with HRC has now come to an end: “Since being in Honda, I've seen a different Pedrosa, I left him when he was at the top in 2013 – he declared – I honestly don't know what he's done in recent years'. The team manager doesn't stop there: “To be a MotoGP champion, he needed to do things that he didn't do. No one gifts you anything in life. There are other riders who wanted to win the title more than he tried to ”.

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While on the one hand, there's the past, on the other hand Puig is already looking to the future. There is great interest in the Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo pairing: “ Honda has never assigned the roles of first and second rider, or put any obstacles in the way – highlights the team manager. Marquez will need to look out for the Majorcan “ In recent seasons Marc has never had any internal competition – said Puig – Lorenzo could be something of a shock for him.

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If he's quick that will be further stimulation for Marc to be even more competitive. If Jorge adapts to the Honda, he'll be quick and when he's quick he's very quick. I don't expect them to become brothers, many team managers try to prevent conflict between the riders but I think that's a mistake, as you never win by doing that”.

Pos Rider Points 1 Marc Marquez 221 2 Andrea Dovizioso 154 3 Valentino Rossi 151 4 Jorge Lorenzo 130 5 Maverick Vinales 124 Asked whether it was frustrating that his title hopes were already as good as gone with six races left in the campaign, Rossi said: 'Yeah, but you have to stay concentrated and give the maximum because in the championship I am miraculously third. 'Sincerely I don't understand in which way I can be third.' He admitted it would be 'very difficult to stay in third' but was encouraged by being just three points behind San Marino Grand Prix winner Andrea Dovizioso and ahead of both three-time 2018 race-winner Jorge Lorenzo and his own Yamaha team-mate Maverick Vinales. 'In the championship point of view, we have an important result to catch,' Rossi added.

Misano has been a strong venue for Rossi and Yamaha in the past, which added to his disappointment at finishing 19 seconds behind race winner Dovizioso. 'It was a very big shame to not be competitive in Misano in front of all the people in the crowd,' he said.

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He said he had been 'worried for the race but quite optimistic' and ultimately 'expected to be a bit stronger' having felt competitive in Saturday's fourth practice session - when riders focus on race preparation and which had similar conditions to Sunday afternoon. 'But already from half of the first lap I understood that it's not the same,' said Rossi of his actual race pace, which he suggested was 'close to one second slower' than he had been running on Saturday. Team-mate Vinales, who finished three seconds ahead of Rossi in fifth in Italy, was also confused about why his strong practice pace did not transfer to the race. 'After FP4 my feelings were really good.

I rode quite easily in 1m32s in FP4, but in the race it was a totally opposite feeling,' said Vinales. Asked whether he had got to the bottom of his recurring lack of early-race pace, Vinales said: 'I think when the grip level on the bike will be good, I will push from the first corner. 'At Misano I tried it but already from the second corner I nearly made a high-side. Coldplay album free download zip.

'I know where is the level of the grip. Alex Rins and Cal Crutchlow overtook me like I was stopped in the corner. And qualifying was the opposite. 'So, honestly, I didn't understand why, but it's like this. 'In the races we cannot be as competitive as in FP4, or qualifying, or even FP1.'