When he rejoined Yamaha from Ducati in 2013, Valentino Rossi was very much the team's number two rider - but that's definitely not the case any more. Oriol Puigdemont examines the turnaround. Valentino Rossi has no qualms about admitting that, if there is something he regrets from a sporting point of view, is having signed for Ducati in 2011. When he convinced himself that was he incapable of getting along with the Borgo Panigale manufacturer, the Italian started to move heaven and earth to return to Yamaha in 2013. During its launch, Lin Jarvis, the Japanese squad's chief, was very clear when describing the conditions that Rossi had to accept in order to return. The Briton highlighted...
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