Reigning world champion Valentino Rossi believes a new single tyre rule introduced in MotoGP for 2009 won’t change the riders fighting for race victories next season.
Only Rossi, Aussie Casey Stoner and Spanish duo Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo collected wins during last season, and the Italian reckons the switch to a Bridgestone mono brand will have little impact on changing those challenging at the front.
Rossi, who won nine races in a record-breaking 2008 campaign, told MCN: “It is not sure that with a single tyre rule the racing will become a lot better or more fun for riders and fans. And at the end of the season all the faster riders had the same tyres.
"So I think with the one tyre rule, nothing will change a lot. I think Casey won last year because he rode incredibly well and this year he arrived second because he is again very fast. For sure it is not just tyres that we are the fastest.
"Sometimes last year and also this year between Bridgestone and Michelin there was a big difference but I think the faster riders will remain more or less the same.”
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