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Rossi: Exactly how I wanted.

Monday, 5th May 2008

Valentino Rossi ended a seven-race losing streak with his first Bridgestone victory, at Shanghai on Sunday - and sent a worrying message to his title rivals by riding 'exactly how I wanted from start to finish'.

"We've waited a long time to get back to winning ways!" added team manager Masahiko Nakajima. "All of the Yamaha staff are very happy to win again with Valentino and I want to share this moment with Valentino's fans around the world! It's been a tough weekend and it was a big battle with Pedrosa, but it was an exciting and impressive race. I really want to congratulate Valentino and now we want to continue to improve the bike for the championship fight. We've done a great job with Bridgestone this weekend and we really appreciate their work, they helped us to win today!"

Round five of the MotoGP World Championship takes place at Le Mans, France, on May 18.

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