A confident Valentino Rossi plans to carry the fight to his Movistar Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo as the MotoGP World Championship title leaders prepare for battle at Motegi on Sunday. Rossi pushed Lorenzo all the way in final qualifying and was only denied a rare pole start by 0.081 seconds in the dying seconds after a sensational performance on the YZR-M1. The 36-year-old, who holds an advantage of 14 points over Lorenzo ahead of the final four races, made big strides on Saturday after trailing the Majorcan by up to eight tenths in the first three free practice sessions. “Today is a positive day for me because already in the morning we did a step and I was quite happy, but it wasn't...
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