Madrid, June 6: Valentino Rossi took a slice of revenge for his defeat to Jorge Lorenzo in last season's Moto GP World Championship when he won the GP de Catalunya at the Barcelona Montmelo racetrack.
Rossi began the race fifth on the grid on Sunday but had taken the lead by the seventh lap and after Lorenzo was taken out of the race by Andrea Iannone in the 17th lap, the battle for victory came down to a duel between him and Marquez, Xinhua news agency reported.