Valentino Rossi admits Yamaha is “relying on fate” for the opening rounds of the 2018 MotoGP season, as a potential fix for the team's acceleration issue could be “months” away. The Italian conceded after the opening day of the Thailand test that he was “not optimistic” he would be competitive come the first race of the year in Qatar next month, having battled with the acceleration problems which plagued his '17 campaign. Rossi blamed this issue on the bike's electronics, but says trying to fix the problem is difficult due to the constant change of performance from day to day, and is not convinced Yamaha will have a solution in place for the final test at Losail. “The big...
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