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MotoGP Qatar: Rossi continues to chew up front tyres

Valentino Rossi is still chewing up front tyres at the Qatar MotoGP round and a decent result looks unlikely from his lowly qualifying position. On Friday, the Monster Yamaha man set the first free practice timesheets on fire but has then struggled with the front Michelin as he has very little feel and is destroying them in a matter of laps - which the tyre firm say is down to setup and very high braking foce. 'It looks like it is related to bike setup. The way he is riding, Valentino is braking very hard - almost as hard as Marc - quite aggressive, and you need a good balance to save the front tyre especially in this track is a problem,' said Michelin chief Piero Tiramisu. 'With the sand...
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