Manuel Poggiali with two world titles to his name in the 125cc and 250cc classes was already being called the new Valentino Rossi and then at just 25, decided to hang up his lid.
Poggiali has often tried to explain the motives behind his decision to puzzled fans, saying that he was just too mentally fragile, wasn’t malicious enough, that he lost all his motivation and then the fear of hurting himself kicked in and that’s when he decided to give up racing.
The Sammarinese champion has now turned to another sport, less exciting for us race fans but if Poggiali is happy and confident again then we are too.
The 27 year old will be playing for the new San Marino team in the UEFA European Futsal championship, “Motorbikes are the past for me,” he told UEFA.
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“Now futsal is my sport.
Futsal gives me a lot of satisfaction.
I can see that I’m improving; after every single training session I can see my progress.
It’s a great feeling for me”.