Valentino Rossi has admitted he is “quite worried” by the huge potential of his future Yamaha MotoGP teammate Maverick Vinales. It was finally confirmed on Thursday that the Spaniard will depart his current Suzuki team at the end of the season to replace Ducati-bound Jorge Lorenzo at Yamaha alongside Rossi. Vinales took his first premier class podium finish last time out at Le Mans, and is widely regarded in the paddock as the sport’s next star in the making. And Rossi, who is 16 years the senior of Vinales, confessed that the future potential of the rider he will be sharing the Yamaha garage with in 2017 and 2018 has him concerned. “On the one hand, I am quite worried because he...
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