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Of course the box office attraction at any MotoGP race right now is Valentino Rossi and the Italian is happy to dictate the script, even when part of an all-star cast including fellow legends Wayne Rainey, Eddie Lawson and Kenny Roberts Sr.
Valentino Rossi One of the most familiar sights in racing - Rossi's back wheel
The world champions were all on track on Thursday for a SuperKart 'exhibition' in which things inevitably got competitive, with Rossi coming out on top in a one-lap sprint, with 'Grand Marshal' Colin Edwards waving the chequered flag.
"We had a plan, and it didn't quite work," laughed Rainey, who regularly races the karts that lap around Laguna at a similar pace to the MotoGP bikes. "We were all going to stay together, but suddenly we looked round and said 'where did Valentino go?'"
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