Valentino Rossi says his current MotoGP title battle against Jorge Lorenzo bears comparison to his battle for supremacy with Casey Stoner in 2008. The Australian two-time champion was a famously bitter adversary of Rossi’s during his stint with Ducati, with the 2008 season marking the height of their enmity. When asked to compare his fight with Lorenzo for this year’s title battle to those with his past rivals, Rossi said the Spaniard’s sheer pace at every circuit made it most similar to his duel with Stoner – dismissing former opponents Max Biaggi and Sete Gibernau as less quick. “If I have to compare it to the past, it was more similar with the battle I did with Stoner in...
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