Rossi more important points than a home win
Valentino Rossi explained that in today's race for the San Marino GP, it was more important for him to just finish the race, and thus collect new points and thus increase the advantage in the championship, than to win in front of the home crowd. The Yamaha racer finished the race in fifth place after a wrong tactical decision, but due to the fall of this year's title contender, Jorge Lorenzo, he nevertheless increased his advantage in the championship points from 12 to 23 points. "The championship is much more important than winning this race. The title is the main goal," Rossi said. "Unfortunately Jorge fell and I ended up gaining 11 points. That's very good for the championship, but at the same time it's a shame I didn't make it to the podium as I wanted to finish in the top three in front of the home crowd," the Italian explained. which finished lower than the third for the first time this year