Valentino Rossi🗹 believes the all-time MotoGP top speed record could be broken during this weekend's Italian Grand Prix at𝓡 Mugello.

The higheꦅst official top speed, which must be recorded during a grand prix event, stands at 349.3km/h (2🔜17.04mph).

That was also set at Mugello, by Dani Pedrosa, during opening free practice for the 2009 Italian GP, on an 800✃cc Repsol Honda.

But Rossi revealed he has already reached 350km/h (217.5mph) during private Mugello testing with this year's Desmosedici GP12. The addition of 🃏slipstreaming could raise that further.

"Our bike is very fast at the end of the🔯 straight, especially long straights like Qatar, Barcelona and also here in Mugello," said Rossi

"We saw more than 350km/h on the data in the test, so it will be interesting to understan꧑d the official speed.

"At that speed the left [kink on the main straight] becomes very narrow!" Rossi smi💧led. "But yeah, it is a great🧸 emotion."

MotoGP engine c൲apacity increased from 800 to 1000cc this season, albeit with new limits on bore and stroke d🍰imensions.

Record-holder Pedr🍎osa, yet to ride a 1000cc bike at Mugello, is unsure what to expect: "It's hard to say what the speed🍰 will be. I think it also depends on things like wind, temperature and slipstream."