Fiat Yamaha star Valentino Rossi will be looking to extend his nine point title advantage at the ninth Grand Prix event of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship season this weekend, with the podium being a minimum target.
Rossi knows that his injured but ever-improving young title rivals Jorge Lorenzo, Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa will also each be fighting for glory at Sachsenring, where the Italian idol has won on three previous occasions in the top class.
Even if he confesses that the venue is not his favourite on the calendar, Rossi enjoyed a key moment of success en route to the 2008 championship on his last visit – as he picked up a crucial second place in a wet race as Pedrosa crashed out of the lead and effectively the title fight.
Going into the third of four races in an intense five week period - a visit to Donington follows immediately after the 阅读全文>>