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Barely got off his official Yamaha M1 after obtaining 2nd position on the starting grid of the Grand Prix from Great Britain on the Silverstone circuit, Valentino Rossi confided in front of the site camera MotoGP.com with the joy of having taken a step forward and performing well for tomorrow's race...

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Valentino, it seems that Marc and Jack had you as a reference behind you. You did your trick on your own. Are you nevertheless happy with this 2nd place?

Valentino Rossi : “I am very very happy! As you say, I had to do the dirty work (laughs) but I was only so lucky because there wasn't much time left, and even more importantly, there was no one in front of me. So in the end, I told myself I'd give it a try. I have tried everything. We worked well over the weekend so the bike is working well. I have good grip and I can attack. And I had a lot of fun during this tour (laughs).”

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