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‘Pace is better’, but still ‘not enough’ says Valentino Rossi

Valentino Rossi struggled on day-one of the second MotoGP Grand Prix at the Losail International Circuit, as the nine-time world champion was only 14th.  It means the Italian will in all likelihood be looking at a Q1 appearance which was not the case last weekend as he went directly into Q2.  Rossi alluded to struggling with rear grip and not having the same feeling on the longer run at the beginning of FP2 as he did a week ago.  Rossi said: "Last week was better because I was faster, especially in FP2 when I was able to stay in P9 with a better lap time.  "Today I suffered a lot with the rear grip and, in the longer run at the beginning of the session, I felt a lot slower. ...
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