Having warned of the dangers of giving team-mate and title rival Jorge Lorenzo a head start, Valentino Rossi was only tenth and almost one-second slower than the Spaniard during day one of the British MotoGP. Rossi and Lorenzo start round twelve tied on points at the top of the championship, but with Lorenzo having pulled 13 points back from the Italian in the two events since the summer break. Lorenzo's momentum continued at Silverstone, where he finished the opening day on top of the timesheets by 0.033s from Honda's Marc Marquez, while Rossi dropped from third in the morning session to tenth in the afternoon. “This afternoon was a bit too difficult. I expected to be stronger,” Rossi...
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