MotoGP champion Valeꦅntino Rossi insists he doesn't reg🐲ret his decision to join Ducati.

Rossi, who had won seven titles with Honda and Yamaha, saw an all-Italian dream turn into a nightmare with just three podiums during two seasons on the Desmoꦉ൩sedici.

I📖n an interview with the official MotoG꧅P website Rossi is quoted as saying it was a mistake to go to Ducati, but felt his words have been misunderstood.

"Sincerely I never say like this," Rossi explained at Misano on Thursday. "I always say I haven't any regre﷽t to try with Ducati. Especially because it was so important to try.

"It was a big bet, but if I was able to win with Ducati - Italian rider on an Italian bike - it would have been so important and so꧃ great🗹.

"Unfortun𓆉ately we could not achieve the results I expected, but I never regret making that choice."

Elaborating o🅘n the issu🤪es he faced at Ducati, Rossi stated: "Unfortunately I was never able to have a good result because when I arrive I think the Ducati was the most different bike to ride, compared with the M1. Especially the feeling with the front and you had to ride in a different way.

"So I trꦜied, together with especially Filippo Preziosi, to fix this problem but unfortunately we never arrived to a good point. We did some goo✤d results especially in the wet, and the dry here at Misano, but we were never able to find the right way to improve the bike."

Rossi re🅺turned to Yamaha la💦st season, winning his 80th premier-class race at Assen. He is currently third in this year's world championship.