Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) had a crash during a motocross training session ahead of his home Italian GP, but the nine-time World Champion was declared fit to race and got through Friday action to end the day in P14.
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The ‘Doctor’ says the day was an important one to understand how he’ll feel racing - and started off with a lot of pain before some improvements in the afternoon, hoping things will only get better from here.
Valentino Rossi, P14: “Today's sessions were very important to get an understanding of my condition. This morning I suffered a lot, I had a lot of pain on the right, especially on acceleration, but this afternoon the situation was a bit better. I struggled physically, especially with my breathing, because I'm not at 100%, but it is getting better. We hope that tomorrow and Sunday the situation will improve. Usually Friday is the most difficult day, so we had to suffer a bit, but we tried.”