Valentino Rossi has revealed that he suffered a broken finger when he crashed out of last weekend’s Motegi MotoGP race. The Italian, who started from pole position in Japan, fell out of second place at Turn 10 on the seventh lap, having lost the lead early on to Marquez. With Rossi's Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo also crashing out later in the race, Marquez secured his third MotoGP title with three races to spare. In the accident, Rossi broke the little finger of his left hand, but says it isn’t causing him too much discomfort ahead of this weekend’s Phillip Island race. “The finger, I suffer a little bit because at the end it was broken,” he said. “[It’s] coming better but I...
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