Movistar Yamaha's Valentino Rossi isn't too concerned by his row three start for the Qatar MotoGP, with the nine-time world champion confident of improving during the 22-lap race. Rossi was eighth fastest on the YZR-M1, 0.738s behind Ducati pole sitter Andrea Dovizioso, but revealed a number of factors prevented him from posting a faster lap, with the Yamaha losing out on top speed on the straight and experiencing rear grip issues. “For me, first of all in this track we are quite slow in the straight and we lose more than seven or eight kilometres [per hour] and 10 to the Ducati and that starts to be a big step,” Rossi said. “We are struggling with a little bit for rear grip and we...
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