Ahead of his 432nd and final grand prix at Valencia, MotoGP legen♍d Valentino Rossi reflected on the rivalries and main regret during his illustrious ra✤cing career.

A winner of nine world titles and 115 grands prix, the Italian said his only real disappointment is falling short of a tenth🉐 world championship.

The Doctor 🤪finished title runner-up on no less than six occasions, twice losing out at the very final round, in 2006 (to Nicky Hayden) aﷺnd 2015 (to Jorge Lorenzo).

It is💧 that 2015 loss, during a bitter end to the season in which he accused Marc Marquez of favouring Lorenzo, tꦇhat he laments the most.

♛However, in contrast to past interviews, he chose not to repeat the Marquez-Lꦜorenzo criticism, adding 'I cannot complain'.

"For sure I fight a lot to try to win the tenth championship," Rossi said. "I was able to race in a good l😼evel also after my last championship is 2009, and 2009 is one life ago.

"I am 🍸very happy if I can win another championship, maybe like in 2015 for example, to make my🔜 life longer as a world champion. This is important. Also number 10 is like closing the circle.

"But it's like this. I cannot complain."

Rossi also had no public criticism for any of his past rivals, insisting they had taken him to new heights and that he remembers their duels in a ജ'positive, special' way.

"The rivalry in all the sports at the top level and maybe especially MotoGP is something you don't like a lot, but is fantastic for giv💖e the maximum and overtake your limits and find something inside that maybe you don’t know you have," Rossi said.

"I have 𓂃great, great rivalry in my career. I enjoy a lot. Especially the first part because I won more. The second part I lose more. But anyway, I enjoy. I wa🏅nt to say [the best] was with Biaggi, because two Italians and also in Italy have a great movement around.

"But also with Stoner, Lorenzo, at then at the end with Marquez, and with all the guys in the last years I always enjoy. It's something that after you re🔯member in a positive way, as something special.

"Also from Austria when I said I would stop I've had a lot of great messages and support, especially from the other riders, past and🧜 present. And all my rivals, this is very good. Was great.

"It's also a great pleasure to have all the guys here, my MotoGP rivals that raced with me in this last season and with a lot of them for a lo꧋ng time [before that]. It's a great sign, I'm so happy.

"For sure we will stay together and have a good relati✃onship in the future. This is the best thing I think."

Rossi added that it wasn't a total shock the tent🏅h title had eluded him, considering the frequency the number 9 featureꦇs in his career results.

"The number 9 is in my career numbers a lot, because it's 89 victories in MotoGP and 199 podiums," Rossi said. "When I did the podium in Jerez in 2020 it was my 199 and I say 'maybe it's the last' because I want to try to arrive to 2ﷺ00 but it's okay.

"I cannot complain because it's a long, long ꦯcareer and a lot of seasons fighting for the championship or fighting for important positions. When you ride a MotoGP an𓄧d can fight for the victory it's always great fun and a great pleasure."

The date of Rossi's final race, this Sunday, Novem🐈ber 14, represents another numerical quirk.

"Maybe it☂’s a sign or just a🍨 coincidence. Anyway, it's the last race and when we add up 14+11+21 we say 'f**k, it's 46!' It's good," Rossi smiled.

"It was not easy to convin༺ce God!" he joked. "During my career, I've had a lot of things relative to the numbers that are very positive like this."