Rossi: Dovi owes me 10 euros!

Sunday's MotoGP race at Donington was a weird one, but a really enjoyable race all the same. Strange to see both Ducati's plodding away at the back and even stranger to see Rossi make a mistake. Was it Rossi's doing or was he feeling the pressure from Dovizioso? I'm not sure.

In post race interviews, Rossisaid he was stupid to push for the win. But then, he hasn;t got where he is today by taking a back seat.

I loved Rossi's post-race comments, including these choice cuts below:

"I approached Dovizioso on the cool down lap and told him he owes me ten euros: I took all the risks and took him to a 13-second advantage over the rest before crashing, so on second thoughts he owes me at least one thousand...

"Riding in the rain with slick tyres is always a risk and it was quite slippery, the turns on the left were all wet which made the left side of the tyre cold and that’s why I crashed. Luckily it was a slow fall and my bike wasn’t hurt much. In fact, my bike was ‘bravissima’ today, both before and after the crash! After that we made a great recovery, I chose to remain with slick tyres despite the rain and the result was eleven points, which are like gold dust for us because we have extended the lead despite what happened here and we’re going on holiday with a good advantage over our rivals. Finally I want to say well done to Dovi but especially to Colin, who rode like a devil today!”

By Ben Cope