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Can Rossi produce a Tiger Woods-style comeback?

Valentino Rossi was the man who pounced when Marc Marquez fell at Austin. He may not have won the race, but there were glimpses he could produce his own 'Tiger Woods' moment in 2019

For a few laps during MotoGP's Austin race, Valentino Rossi not only led the grand prix but provisionally led the world championship for the first time in two years.

Ultimately, Suzuki's Alex Rins would ruin his party, and Rossi will have to wait a little longer to add to his 89 premier class victories. He also finds himself still behind new leader Andrea Dovizioso in the championship thanks to the late changes to the Austin order.

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Author Charles Bradley

Charles Bradley is Chief Editor of Autosport US. After spending five years in the aerospace industry in his native North Wales, while working weekends as a freelance writer at racetracks around the UK, Charles joined the staff of Motoring News in the heart of London. He transferred to the nascent Autosport.com team in 2000 before transitioning to the magazine, becoming its Editor between 2011 and 2014. Charles then upped sticks to work in America, as Motorsport.com’s Editor in Chief, where he created the multi-national and multi-lingual editorial team that quickly became the world’s most-read motorsport website. He was instrumental in delivering three of the biggest Global F1 Fan Surveys in sports history and is also a multiple award-winning scriptwriter. Charles is an overseas member of the Guild of Motoring Writers and lives in Miami Beach with his wife Helen – and a cat that’s named after Serbia’s top football club.