In 2009 ꦏin Barcelona, the Yamaha teammates engaged in a thrilling last-lap battle which Rossi emerged victorious from.

As MotoGP heads back to the same location, Lorenzo watched highlight꧂s of Rossi’s rem💯arkable overtake from 14 years ago.

“Unbelievable move from Valentino,” Lorenzo said.

“I did i꧟t again in the straight, and closed the gap, but the same happened.

“This was the last lap. I tried to close all the gap♏s on all the corne🅠rs.

“But, Valentino was too fast. Unbelievable.

“He made the impossible possible! 

“🦹He didn’t want to lose that race to me. So he said: ‘Okay, I will try everything, to risk everything, I will win 💯or both of us are outside the track and will crash’.

“Even if I lost the race, I think it was one of the most spectacular ba✃ttles in MotoGP history.”

Rossi would pip Lorenzo to the 2009 MoꦓtoGP championship.

Barcelona was Lorenzo’s second-most su൲ccไessful track - he won six times there, behind only Mugello.

This year, Lorenzo is backing one of Rossi’s p💧roteges to be victorious.

He said about France🐲sco Bagnaia: “He’s very strong mentally with ꦏa lot of self confidence after so many wins. 

“He’s a🔥n explosive rider so I think he’ll g🌠et pole position.

“In the sprint there are s𒆙ome special𓂃ised riders. 

“I will say Jorge Martin. I usually pick h𝓰im for the spr𒊎int.

“For a long race distance, Pec🧸co has the more chances. 

“Maybe Aprilia will ꦜhave more traction or KTM has a better set-up. 

“But I’ll go for Pecco, it’s a good track for Ducati and for his ridi꧅ng style.”