Valentino Rossi believes that the high number of crashes in rainy conditions in MotoGP this year will be reduced once Michelin is able to do more development on its wet-weather tyres. Rossi scored his third zero of the season in the last race, following on from his fall at Austin and his engine failure at Mugello, and this week he will arrive at Sachsenring with the intention of reducing the 42-point gap to championship leader Marc Marquez. At Assen, each and every rider ended up on the ground at least once during the weekend - there were 39 crashes in total - a circumstance that put the spotlight back on Michelin after a few quiet races. Of the 39 crashes, 14 happened...
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