For the first time since 2012, Valentino Rossi was left off the podium in the Qatar MotoGP season opener. The Italian, who signed a new two-year Yamaha contract during the season-opening event, finished the race in fourth position - but just 2.387s behind victorious team-mate Jorge Lorenzo. The Doctor now heads to round two in Argentina eager to stand om the rostrum for the first time during the new Michelin/single ECU era and boosted by memories of last year's race. Rossi his first took victory at the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit after a dramatic late-race clash with Marc Marquez, the first of three incidents involving the pair last season. “I am very happy to go to Argentina. In this...
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