MotoGP world champion admits he'd been planning a hard pass on team-mate for the last two weeks
ITALIAN MAESTRO Valentino Rossi has said he'd been dreaming about his final-corner move on team-mate Jorge Lorenzo for the last two weeks, following the world champion's emphatic victory at the Catalunya GP.
In a show-stopping finale, Rossi pipped team-mate Jorge Lorenzo to the chequered flag on the last corner with a move that can only be described as unbelievable.
After the race Rossi said:
“I think I can honestly say that this was one of the best and hardest wins of my career. Maybe Laguna last year was more important but this was a great, great victory because it went to the very last corner and it’s a long time since that has happened.
"I have dreamed about that move for the last two weeks and today it worked and I am so happy to have this 99th win. We did a perfect job all weekend and my M1 and Bridgestone tyres were brilliant, but we knew that Lorenzo was in the same situation and for sure he was very strong today. I had to be very brave and take it right to the limit in order to beat him. This victory today is more important than the 25 points and anyway now we all have the same, what a championship this is!
"As well as thanking my team, I especially want to dedicate this win to my Crew Chief Jeremy Burgess because his mother sadly died yesterday. I have to say thank you to her and to him because without him, for sure, I would never have arrived at 99 wins. Now I am going to go to sleep for quite a long time because I need to recover from this excitement!”
