"Today I only needed to race, my 27 laps to understand how I am, but at turn 4 the bike fell silent. We still don't understand why."
Valentino Rossi spoke to Sky Sport about his retirement during the fifth lap of the European GP of MotoGP.
An unfortunate return for the Yamaha rider, stopped for two races by the coronavirus: "How am I? It depends on how you feel.
I only had a headache and fever, not respiratory problems - he said - Today I had a little pain , but it's normal after a month without bikes, these are challenging ".
Rossi congratulated Suzuki for today's double win and in general for the performance of the whole season: "We have to take an example from them - he said - It is clear that our engine department has problems. Generally if you are very fast you give up something from the point of view of reliability, or vice versa. Instead we have gaps on both fronts ".