Rossi: I drove like I did when I was young

Valentino Rossi was thrilled after race in Argentina on which he won second place in the last round by attacking Andrea Dovoziosa. He commented on his ride with the words "as in the best young years".

While Marc Marquez drove his own at the beginning of the race, we watched an extremely interesting Italian duel between Valentino Rossi and Andrea Dovizios, especially at the end of the race. The Ducati racer held second place for most of the race, but failed to shake off the nine-time world champion, who began to put more and more pressure on him as the race drew to a close.

Rossi waited for his chance until the seventh turn of the back lap. Dovizioso had no answer to his maneuver and so the Yamaha racer stepped on the podium for the first time after the race at the Sachsenring.

“I am very happy for myself, for the whole team, as a lot of time has passed since my last placement on the winners' stage. At the end of last season, I wasted two options with my own mistakes. We really needed this result. We have done an exceptional job since Friday, and everyone on the team has worked very hard. ”

“I raced like in my young years and I really enjoyed it. The race was very good, I expected to have a slightly better rhythm than Dovizioso, which did not happen, so I decided to stay behind him at the beginning. In the end, however, I was two or three parts faster than him. I decided to try in the last lap and I succeeded, Dovi failed to return the maneuver. "

Despite Dovizioso meeting his goal before the race with a loss of third place, he was not the most satisfied.

“I am happy to be on the winning stage, as this was our main goal before the start of the weekend. However, I am not happy with the behavior of the tires during the race, I had to be in front of Rossi all the time. In the end, he took the opportunity and overtook me. I am not the most satisfied with the third place, as the second was at hand, but we have to be satisfied with the placement on the stage for the winners. ”