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24. December 2009: Merry Christmas & a happy New Year !
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07. October 2009: Rossi’s lead cut down to just 18 points !
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“Every time that I write one of these columns, I try to come to a definite conclusion. And every time that I do, it seems, I’m immediately proved completely wrong! After Misano, a month ago – a meeting which Valentino Rossi utterly dominated, from start to finish – I thought that ‘The Doctor’ had comfortably wrapped up 2009’s Moto GP World Championship. And, one race on, his title lead has been cut down to just 18 points…
Rossi was furious about his fourth-place finish at Estoril on Sunday, I can tell you that. One of the many things which makes him such a great character is the fact that he usually makes himself so available to TV interviewers like me.
But, this time, he stormed straight off his bike into his team’s garage without stopping, slamming the door behind him. And I think that was partially a display of anger against his team, because they’d spent three days together trying to make the Yamaha work to his liking on this circuit – making big set-up changes as late as Sunday morning – and never once made it happen. His team-mate, meanwhile – and only World Championship challenger – Jorge Lorenzo simply rode off into the distance and won as he pleased...
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