MotoGP – Donington Park – Uphill race for Valentino Rossi

Valentino Rossi yesterday hoped for a dry race or at least a completely wet race; however, today at Donington Park the worst conditions occurred (first wet track and then semi-dry) for the Yamaha rider who, thanks to Stoner's victory and his 4th place, saw him move away from the top of the standings. Now the gap to the Australian Ducati is 26 points and Assen is upon us. Rossi had a long technical meeting to understand what was happening and still found time to congratulate his teammate who finished second. The microphone is his.

“Unfortunately today the circumstances were not good for us at all and we had a lot of problems. In the dry we would have been much stronger, as if the track had been completely wet, but with a track like today it was difficult. I made a mistake when I was pushing and then when the track started to dry I had less and less grip; it seems that this year, when circumstances are not perfect, we suffer a lot. I had to drive carefully because we were driving with a wet tire on a dry track, my tire was destroyed at the end. Colin did a great job, I congratulate him. We had a very long meeting tonight and now we have to try to improve the situation for Assen.”