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Rossi: We are 'correlated' to the rear tyre

Valentino Rossi's Sepang optimism took a blow as he concluded a difficult Thailand MotoGP test with the twelfth fastest lap time. While Johann Zarco put his satellite Tech 3 machine at the head of the standings for almost the entire day, Rossi and factory team-mate Maverick Vinales languished at the tail of the top ten. No-one could doubt their efforts, the pair riding right up to the 5pm closing time. But Rossi was left 0.730s from fastest man Dani Pedrosa, while Vinales was +0.809s and didn't beat his day two time. So what was the main problem today? "We always suffer with the rear tyre and we are correlated to the rear tyre," replied Rossi, who celebrated his 39th birthday on...
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