After a few days of turning laps in Misano to assess his fitness, Valentino will attempt to ride in the Spanish Grand Prix at Aragon. Though not entirely confident in the tests, Rossi told the press, “If I will be declared fit to ride, I’ll have the real answer after FP1, because riding the M1 will be a much bigger challenge. We’ll see. See you in Aragon!”
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MOVISTAR YAMAHA TO ATTEND THE ARAGON GP IN FULL FORCE
The Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team heads to Spain for a third time this season to commence the Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón.
Alcañiz (Spain), 20th September 2017 – The Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team arrives in Spain for a very special 14th round of the 2017 MotoGP World Championship. Not only is the Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón the last European round before the overseas races and Maverick Viñales’ home Grand Prix, but it’s also a home race for the team’s title sponsor, Movistar, and the scene for either Valentino Rossi’s return from injury, or Yamaha WorldSBK rider Michael van der Mark’s MotoGP debut as a replacement rider. At the previous race in Misano, Viñales flew the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP flag alone. His fourth place at a very wet San Marino race was labelled as good progress by the Spaniard, as it was his first time trying the 2018 chassis in these conditions.
He currently holds third place in the championship standings, 16 points behind the joint leaders and – as the 201...