Fiat Yamaha's Valentino Rossi reckons the 11 points he gained over MotoGP rivals Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner at yesterday's Donington MotoGP round are like gold dust.

Even though Rossi crashed out of the race halfway through, he remounted and passed Britain's James Toseland on the last lap to take fifth after team-mate Lorenzo lobbed it and Stoner chose the wrong tyres and finished out of the points, getting lapped in the process.

“Once Jorge had crashed I was riding to win, as is always my style. In hindsight maybe I should have let Dovizioso pass me for a while but it was difficult to judge in such strange conditions," said The Doctor.

"Riding in the rain with slick tyres is always a risk and it was quite slippery, the turns on the left were all wet which made the left side of the tyre cold and that’s why I crashed. Luckily it was a slow fall and my bike wasn’t hurt much. In fact, my bike was ‘bravissima’ today, both before and after the crash!

"After that we made a great recovery, I chose to remain with slick tyres despite the rain and the result was eleven points, which are like gold dust for us because we have extended the lead despite what happened here and we’re going on holiday with a good advantage over our rivals. Finally I want to say well done to Dovi but especially to Colin, who rode like a devil today!”