Reigning six-time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi has backed the decision to re-run the cancelled Qatar Grand Prix on Monday night.
“This is a real disappointment because we were fired up to race and it was so close to the start!” said Rossi, who was already lined up alongside pole sitter Casey Stoner when the rain began falling. “After the rain stopped the [earlier] 125 race we thought we had escaped because the track then dried but then the rain came down even harder just in time for MotoGP. It’s so unlucky because you don’t expect this in the desert.”
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Rossi believes that after so much effort and preparation it is better to have a Monday re-run than walk away having done nothing.
“After six months without racing and after two days of practice and so much work by everyone it’s very frustrating and this is why it was important to take the decision to race tomorrow,” he explained.
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Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo, who will complete Monday’s front row, was also in favour.
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