Racing

All last season, and for the first three races of 2012, when I’ve walked past the Ducati garage and looked in at Rossi’s side, watching for an interesting moment to photograph, I’ve seen pretty much the same thing: Immensely talented people looking immensely frustrated. I stand there for a moment and think, I’ve already taken this photo, many times. When are things going to change in there? Many Rossi fans have been nearly beaten into submission by the Rossi-Ducati situation. So there were generally low expectations of Rossi’s 7th place spot on the grid at Le Mans, even though the race was wet. But a great start put him into 4th place ahead of the Tech 3 Yamahas on the first lap, and he worked his way up to third place shortly after. What was going on? Could it possibly last?