Rossi: I've had surgery... on my butt!

Valentino Rossi revealed a well kept secret today at Sepang, it seems he's recently had surgery on a certain part of his anatomy...

The MotoGP World Champion was speaking at the end of the second and final day of testing at Malaysia, when he made the surprise admission.

"I'm recovering from a little surgery on my butt and yesterday was pretty uncomfortable!" said the Italian with a wry smile and appropriate hand gestures. "Today I'm much happier. I can concentrate on riding now, not thinking how much it hurts!"

Rossi: I've had surgery... on my butt!

Valentino Rossi revealed a well kept secret today at Sepang, it seems he's recently had surgery on a certain part of his anatomy...

The MotoGP World Champion was speaking at the end of the second and final day of testing at Malaysia, when he made the surprise admission.

"I'm recovering from a little surgery on my butt and yesterday was pretty uncomfortable!" said the Italian with a wry smile and appropriate hand gestures. "Today I'm much happier. I can concentrate on riding now, not thinking how much it hurts!"

No further details were given - including whether the operation was for medical or purely cosmetic reasons (only joking Valentino!).

Regardless, it didn't appear to slow the Repsol rider down much - his best lap time today was a 2min 2.9secs, 1sec faster than he'd been yesterday, but still slower than the pace he set on the old RCV at the same circuit in January.

Full testing report to follow...

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