Shanghai Review: Doctor in the house
Valentino Rossi is back to old form after his performance in Shanghai, but according to Toby Moody, things are less cheery in Casey Stoner's garage
I cannot bang on enough about how we now have four winners from four starts after last weekend's race in China. Rossi needed to be that fourth winner, and he was.
When I asked him what it might have been like if he hadn't have won in Shanghai, he smiled and shook his head, just saying, "No!". I've got to know what "'appy" and "Very 'appy" is for him over the years since he was a 125 racer, and I have not seen him so happy with a win and happy to be a racer.
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