A phenomenal day for tricolor sport, which gives motor enthusiasts two great emotions, one at the start of the day with the unpredictable success of Sebastian Vettel in Formula 1 and one in the evening with a killer performance by Valentino Rossi. A Sunday marked by the double V, those of Vettel and Valentino, which motor enthusiasts will remember for a long time.
The day began with the curiosity to see what he would do there Vettel's Ferrari positioned on the starting grid of the Malaysian GP there in the front row in the grip of the two Mercedes, the must-have favorites on the eve. Many imagined seeing a film already seen in Australia: dominance of the two Mercedes and Ferrari behind to remark that they are the second force of the 'Circus', behind the unapproachable Anglo-German single-seaters. But behind this hypothesis, every fan hoped for a turning point, an unexpected event, an event that could break the balance and put everything into question. The unexpected comes with the safety car entered the track after a few laps and here the strategy of Ferrari it's perfect.
Vettel stays on track while the two Mercedes return to the pits to change tires given the three-stop tactic. Vettel's risky choice pays off, the Mercedes remain trapped in traffic on their return from the first stop. The rest of the race was a useless attempt by Hamilton and Rosberg to catch up with Vettel. The Ferrari man manages the advantage over the two Mercedes drivers without much difficulty and wins the race. The German hadn't won in Formula 1 for over a year, Ferrari since the Spanish GP in 2013. At the moment, the one between Hag , Ferrari it seems like the perfect love story: the tears of the neo-Ferrarista at the end of the race, the jump to Schumi on the top step of the podium have already brought the German into the heart of the Ferrari fans from Maranello.
Archived the joy for Vettel's masterpiece aboard his Ferrari number 5 in Sepang GP, the lights come on at the Losail circuit in Qatar, in view of the first race of the 2015 MotoGP season.
In MotoGp there is a lot of curiosities about Ducati considering that Andrea Dovizioso he starts from the first box, putting the Hondas of Marquez and Pedrosa behind. And in the second row is Iannone from Abruzzo in his first season with the factory Ducati. Valentino Rossi, as always, starts from behind but promises battle.
At the first corner Marc Marquez he goes long and lets all the riders pass him. For the world champion, an uphill race, forced to chase the best from the last position. It doesn't go any better for Rossi who loses a few positions and is tenth. In front are Dovizioso, Iannone and Lorenzo who compete in the first laps. Behind Rossi and Marquez opponents jump like skittles. Halfway through the race, a quartet with the two Ducatis of Dovizioso and Iannone and the two Yamahas of Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi. The news is that the two Hondas, the favorites of the eve, are chasing. Pedrosa breaks away from the four up front, Marquez seems to be out of breath after the comeback from the bottom of the standings.
The race lights up in the last five laps with a series of overtakings between the four riders fighting for the podium. With three laps to go, Dovizioso and Valentino Rossi conquered a small margin of advantage over Iannone and Lorenzo and started a series of thrilling overtaking and counter-passing. Dovizioso's Ducati is an arrow on the straights while Rossi has something more in the braking sections and in the mixed sections. The penultimate lap is a crescendo of emotions, a hymn to this sport with the two Italians brushing against each other more than once and overtaking each other without interruption. Behind Iannone he overtook Lorenzo and laid the foundations for the tricolor hat-trick. In the last lap Valentino scrapes his last energy and prints a perfect lap keeping a never tame Dovizioso at a distance. The checkered flag confirms the unexpected success of Valentino Rossi ahead of Dovizioso of 174 thousandths of a second. In third place is the other Ducatista Andrea Iannone. Fourth Lorenzo, fifth Marquez, sixth Pedrosa.
The podium of the Losail circuit reads: Italy, Italy, Italy. We haven't seen an all-blue podium since the 2005 Mugello Grand Prix. Once again, Valentino Rossi was on the top step. With him Capirossi and Biaggi. A further figure, if even if it were needed, which demonstrates how the Pesaro is an absolute champion who manages to beat even the age limits (he has already turned 36 in February). The Doctor taught all his opponents a sound lesson with a perfect showdown in the Qatar GP. Certainly in the fight for the 2015 MotoGP title, the outgoing champion Marquez, the two Ducatis and Jorge Lorenzo will still have to deal with Valentino Rossi, a timeless champion.
