Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi says he was taking too many risks in the fight for victory in the penultimate race of the MotoGP season at Sepang. Rossi ran almost all of the Malaysian Grand Prix in the leading pack, which thinned in the second half of the race as Cal Crutchlow, Marc Marquez and Andrea Iannone crashed in quick succession. But when only Andrea Dovizioso and Rossi were left standing in the battle, the Yamaha rider ran well wide at Turn 1 with five laps to go, allowing Dovizioso to come through into the lead and escape into the distance. Rossi, whose second place finish allowed him to secure runner-up in the standings over teammate Jorge Lorenzo with one race to spare, said:...
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