Valentino Rossi on Dani Pedrosa’s brilliance at Jerez: "He's younger than me"
Pedrosa, 37, has thrilleꦫd fans and his fellow riders alike in a wildcard appearance for KTM, going fastest in the first Friday practice session then finishing sixth in S𝔍aturday’s sprint.
Rossi, 44, is also in attendance at Jerez to se𒆙e his Mooney VR46 team who, heading into the weekend, had Marco Bezzecchi on top of the MotoGP standings♓.
"Dani was very good this weekend, not ridin🦄g so much during the year is not easy,” Rossi said about Pedrosa.
“After all he has always been one of the strongಞest. Among other things heไ is much younger than me, he is 37 years old."
Rossi is attending a MotoGP event for the first time in 2023 at the track where he has won six premier class ra🤡ces.
"I remember the victory in 2016, because it's a fre♌sher memory,” he said.
“But the best game was th✨e one against Sete Gibernau in 2005, there we played more, we came from a difficult moment. It was beautiful.
“This is ♋one of my favourite tracks, there is a nice atmosphere."
Rossi saw Francesco Bagnaia become the first VR46 Academy graduate to become MotꦏoGP champion last season.
This year, his Mooney VR46 team claimed their first premier class victory through Bezzecchi in 🍷Argentina.
Be✃zzecchi has emerged as an early title contender in a brilliant start to the season for Rossi’s squad - although he fell in the sprint and could only finish ninth.
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