Tonight will be the first night since 2009 that Valentino Rossi has gone to bed knowing he could be crowned MotoGP world champion the following day. The Italian starts the penultimate Malaysian round with an eleven point lead over Movistar Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo, which Rossi will need to increase to 26 points to claim a long awaited tenth world title on Sunday. Otherwise the championship will go down to the final round at Valencia, which Rossi confirmed is the most likely outcome. “Sincerely I don't think something very different because I don't think that tomorrow will be easy [to win the title]. But will be possible,” he said. “Sincerely now the pressure is high so during...
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