Valentino Rossi had a successful qualifying performance in the wet, but he did not hide his preference for a dry track in the race despite a bike that was not really efficient in these conditions.
His wish was granted and the difficulties actually presented themselves. Despite everything, with skill and strength of the wrist, the Doctor made his race to climb onto a new podium which delighted him. Because it's nothing to say that we had to go and get this third place. Iannone, Crutchlow and especially Márquez would have liked to kick him out of the flag ceremony.
But the first fell while the other two explained themselves so manfully that the last one played the victim of the joust. Vale, always in ambush, jumped at the opportunity to win and take good points again. In this case three more on the official Honda now with two full victories, or 50 points: “ I really had a lot of fun during this race. It's just a shame that Maverick didn't wait for us to explain the victory! »
At one point, the confrontation with Márquez was tense. But everything went well..." After such a race, it's nice to be on the podium. I knew it was going to be hard for us and fortunately we started from the front row. I knew I would have to fight until the last corner and that's what I did. I never gave up, even when I found myself fifth at one point. There I told myself that it was hard because Pedrosa was pushing behind. I stayed on the limit all the time ».
He specifies : " with Crutchlow and with Márquez, the fight was great. In the end I had a bit of luck and got the podium which is important both for me and the team after a very difficult weekend ". Now direction Misano: “ it will be the most important race of the year, because it will take place at home. There will be pressure but the atmosphere will be great and the public will be there. I like this track and our bike is generally strong there, but who knows with the new tires? We'll see that on Friday. We will give our best and even a little more ».
