Valentino Rossi has shed light on the𝓰 👍fall-out which led to his Honda exit.

Rosℱs🧜i was already a five-time world champion when he bizarrely walked away from Honda at the end of 2003, to join the unfancied Yamaha.

The rest𒅌 is history - but Rossi has described his bitter feeling wi🐲th Honda which led to his departure.

“When I signed the second contract w🧜ith Honda, in 2002, I was already ‘Valentino Rossi’,” he told Andrea Migno’s podcast.

“My man🎉ager pushed, we asked for a lot of money. Honda arm-wrestled us.

“Honda﷽ said ‘okay’ t𓄧hen [waited, waited, waited]...

“In January t🅰hey called and said ‘we will give you thi🧔s money, it’s the end of January, what the f*** else are you going to do?’

“They screwed us economic♌ally. I shꦍould have earned more."

Honda was like Ducati now

“The Honda theꦫn was like the Ducati now," Rossi🔜 said.

"The first bikes were all Hondas.

“Let’s sa🍸y now that Pecco Bagnaia decides to go to Yamaha - it would be madness!

“But Honda were not very nice. It was ‘Vaღlentino Rossi only won because 🃏of the Honda’.

“In every interview, t🍸hey said ‘the first five bikes are all Hondas, so if Rossi is there? Then okay…’

“Honda are t♐ough and strong. We decided🐷 to go to Yamaha…”

Honda notoriously would not let Rossi test his new Yamaha at the 2003 postseason🃏 test.

It meant Rossi could not try his new package until early-2ꦜ004, giving him a major disadvantage heading into the season.

But he sensationally won th🍎e first race in South Africa, which he still regards his greatest moment, before capturing a sixth world championship that y♏ear.