In what can only be described as edge-of-your-seat stuff, Yamaha riders Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo have completed an exciting 1-2 finish at the sixth round of the 2009 MotoGP series in Catalunya, Spain.
Sharing the podium with a noticeably exhausted Stoner the pair fought neck-and-neck throughout the race with Rossi securing his win on the very last corner of the 25 lap race.
The win, Rossi’s 99th GP victory, was won by less than one-tenth of a second from team-mate Lorenzo.
“In Italian you would just say about that race, ‘Mama Mia!’. This battle with Lorenzo was very, very close,” remarked an excited Rossi. “Our two bikes are set-up very well and we had the same pace so I knew we would get to the end of the race like that so it was fantastic. It was a great race and we know that Lorenzo is very strong, so to try and beat him in the future we have to be at 100 per cent. I’m so happy about today and my 99th GP win. It was so important to take this victory here in Barcelona, more than just the 25 points, because for me, for my team and for the crowd it is just fantastic, so I think the show was unbelievable.”
With the Yamaha colleagues tied in first position in a three-way fight with Australian Casey Stoner, thoughts were already turning to the next installment of this intriguing 2009 title contest at the Dutch TT.
Round seven from Assen begins in just ten days.
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