Valentino Rossi acknowledges that he needs to improve his qualifying performances if he is to have any chance of retaining his championship lead this weekend at Assen. The Movistar Yamaha rider has qualified on the third row five times in seven races this season and although he has a good record at Assen, Rossi admits he cannot allow Jorge Lorenzo another head start on Saturday. “Assen will be another very intense weekend. After seven races the difference between me and Jorge is just one point and to keep the first place I have to finish in front of him. It won‘t be easy because Jorge is in a great shape, but so am I. I'm very happy about the last race in Barcelona, the victory was...
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