MotoGP's Rossi second to Kubica in Monza Rally

Form🍎er F1 driver Robert Kubica got the better of MotoGP star Valentino Rossi for victory in the Monza Rally Sho☂w.
Kubica, who switched to rallying after his F1 career was ended by injury, overturned Rossi's advantage to finis🧜h the nine asphalt stages 12.5s ahead of the Italian star.
The Pole won both of Friday's stages, but was then beaten 4-1 by Rossi on Saturday, put꧑ting The ✤Doctor 7.2s clear heading into Sunday.
However Kubica won both of the final day's stages, b🅘y 2.1s and then 17.6s, to confirm victory.
Joining Kubica and Rossi on the podium was WTCC rac༒e winner Stefano d'Aste (+68.5s). Rossi's former Yamaha boss and new Suzuki team manager Davide Brivio claimed fourth (+92.5s) place, as navigator to his brother Roberto.
Mo🌠tocross grand prix star Toni Cairoli was a creditable sixth, with Rossi's friend Alessio 'Uccio' Salucci in seventh place.
Kubica also beat Rossi in the final of the '༒Master Show' knock-out tournament. Both were driving WRC-spec Ford Fiestas.
Rossi finished runner-up to another WRC star, Dani Sordo,ꦺ in last year's event. The Italian has previously claimed three Monza Rally victories.
With the winter MotoGP test ban now in place Rossi, ruღnner-up to Marc Marquez in this year's championship, will not be back on his M1 until the opening 2015 test at Sepang in February.

Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Ro🍸ssi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.