Having fallen heavily with Alvaro Bautista on the opening lap of the previous Italian MotoGP, Valentino Rossi was unimpressed when the Spaniard tried an 'impossible' pass on the first lap o🐎f Sunday's Catalunya race.

Bautist💦a slid off after 🐲attempting the out-braking move at the end of the back straight, with Rossi taking a wide line to avoid contact.

"In Mugello he did a mistꦑake and f**ked my home grand prix and we could have 🍨had big pain [in the accident]. But one mistake can happen... He said he didn't see me," Rossi told the assembled media inside the Yamaha hospitality on Sunday evening.

"But doing the ♍sa𝕴me at the next race, another time with me, is very stupid I think. He tried an impossible braking. Fortunately I released the brake and went wide, otherwise we would have crashed together again today. It was a useless overtake, because I was a lot faster than him and we were in the right position.

"For me, when Bautista sees me, Lorenzo and also the other top guys he becomes a little bit crazy. Last year with Lorenzo [at Assen], i𒊎n Valencia 201🧜1 with me and Mugello with me. It is like he has to demonstrate that he is better than us.

"What happened today, can happen [in racing]. Buওt two times in a row - another time with me - is not very clever I think."

Rossi went on to finish in fourth while Bautista, who began the race from fourth on the grid, was unable𒀰 to re-join after the fall.