Valentino Rossi winning a 10th world championship is not an “obsession” for the Yamaha MotoGP team, says Maverick Vinales’ crew chief Ramon Forcada. Having won seven premier class titles in addition to one apiece in the 125cc and 250cc categories, Rossi is just one crown away from his 10th. The Italian has finished runner-up in the last three seasons, narrowly losing out to Jorge Lorenzo in a controversial 2015 campaign, and now has a new teammate to contend with in 2017 in Vinales. Forcada, who inherited Vinales after nine seasons spent working alongside Lorenzo, however believes that despite Rossi’s star power, Yamaha has no preference as to which of its riders is champion. “The...
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