Valentino Rossi must figure out a way to close a 0.823s gap between himself and teammate and title rival Jorge Lorenzo after the first day of Japanese MotoGP practice. Lorenzo shrugged off any concerns over a shoulder injury as he dominated Friday's proceedings at Motegi. Rossi is just 14 points clear in the points standings with four rounds remaining, and will need to improve after dropping from third in the morning practice to eighth in the afternoon. “The end result of today is not fantastic for sure, because I'm just eighth, but this morning was not so bad and also in the afternoon I felt quite good with the harder tyre,” said the Italian. “But when I put the soft tyre at the...
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