Valentino Rossi may be the MotoGP championship leader right now, but there's no telling how much longer he'll be able to hold onto the top spot --- Casey Stoner seems to have his eyes on the #1 position as well. Although the Italian scored his first win of the 2009 season at the Spanish Grand Prix last Sunday, a win that moved him to the top of the standings, Rossi thinks he'll be battling it out with Stoner all season long.
"In three races we have had three different leaders in the championship: Casey, Jorge [Lorenzo] and me," said Rossi. "So we need to stay concentrated at the maximum and make no mistakes. We have to try to win when it's possible and try to arrive on the podium anyway when we have problems. I have already 65 points. I'm in front of Casey, who I think is the most difficult rival. But also [Dani] Pedrosa and Lorenzo are not far away, either.
I think it will be very tough to the end. Le Mans is very different to Jerez, but I have good memories because in all history Yamaha has been very fast at Le Mans. Last year I was very fast."
Here are the point standings so far:
- Valentino Rossi (Yamaha): 65 points
- Casey Stoner (Ducati): 56 points
- Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha): 41 points
- Dani Pedrosa (Honda): 41 points
