For all Valentino Rossi fans who were praying for his recovery have been rejoicing after his brilliant performance in the German MotoGP.

Rossi who finished fourth in at Sachsenring admitted surprise at his own performance. “I didn’t expect this! I thought it was maybe possible to make fourth or fifth place but I thought it would be very difficult. In the end I was fourth but I had a great battle with Casey and I was so close to the podium, so this is a fantastic result after missing four races.”