In 2009 in Barcelona, the Yamaha teammates eng🧜aged in a 🉐thrilling last-lap battle which Rossi emerged victorious from.

As MotoGP heads back to the same locatio🔜n, Lorenzo watched highlights of Rossi’s remarkable overtake from 14 years ago.

“Unbelievable move from Valentino,” Lorenzo said.

“I did it again ꦍin the strai🧸ght, and closed the gap, but the same happened.

“This w🍃as the last lap. I tried to close all the gaps on all the corners.

“But, Valentino was too fast. Unbelievable.

“He made the impossible possible! 

“He didn’t want to lose that race to me. So he said: ‘Okay, I will try everything, to risk everything, I w💞ill win or both of us are outside the ꧂track and will crash’.

“Even if I lost the race, I think it ཧwas one of the most spectacular battles in MotoGP history.”

Rossi would pip Lorenzo to the 20ဣ09 MotoGP championship.

Barcelona was Lorenzo’s second-most successful track - he won six times the𒁃re, behind only M💟ugello.

This year, Lorenzo is backing one of Rossi’s proteges to be💙 victorious.

He said about Francesco Bagnaia: “He’s very strong men😼tally with a lot of self confidence after so many wins. 

“He’s an explosiveꦦ🐽 rider so I think he’ll get pole position.

“In the sprint there are some specialised riders𓆏. 

“I will ☂say Jorge Martin. I usua🃏lly pick him for the sprint.

“For a long race distance, 🤡Pecc🌼o has the more chances. 

“Maybe 🐬Aprilia will have mo🌞re traction or KTM has a better set-up. 

“But I’ll꧂ go for Pecco, it’s a good track for💟 Ducati and for his riding style.”