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MotoGP Valencia: Rossi bigs up Lorenzo's 2017 chances after Iannone scrap

Valentino Rossi says to write off Jorge Lorenzo’s chances on the Ducati are ‘stupid’ after he was unable to beat Andrea Iannone at Valencia today. The Doctor finished fourth behind his countryman in the final MotoGP race of the year after a hard-fought scrap between the pair which raged for much of the race, which was eventually won by his Movistar Yamaha team-mate Lorenzo But he added that he was never in a position to compete with the straight line speed of the Ducati, and says Lorenzo could be a serious threat when he joins the team for next year. 'I was able to overtake Iannone and stay some laps in second place, but unfortunately I wasn't fast enough to take some margin,” he...
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