Valentino Rossi admits he needs to raise his game to remain in contention for an historic tenth world championship in 2015, starting at Silverstone this weekend. The Italian shares the championship lead with Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo but was beaten comfortably by the Spaniard in the last two races, piling the pressure on the Italian ahead of the British Grand Prix. Although Rossi is delighted with his 100% podium record in the first eleven races of 2015, he accepts that he must return to winning ways soon and cannot rely on Lorenzo's level dropping. 'It's an evenly balanced fight. I'm happy to have this amount of points and I'm so proud of the results in the first part of the season....
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