Eight-time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi finished in second position at this past weekend Monza Rally but failed to win the race for the third time in a row.

Driving a Ford Focus World Rally Championship car, Rossi was leading the rally heading into Saturday's second stage - the third stage of the rally - when a mistake cost him a total of 27 seconds.


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