MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi has shrugged off his early crash in the first day of the final pre-season test at Qatar. Rossi bounced back to set the third fastest time, within half a second of teammate and reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo. “I start in a bad way, after just 10 corners I crashed,” said Rossi. “Because I was not [riding] very fast, but maybe I made too much angle on the left and the rear slid, but fortunately it was a small slide at 70kph, so it was not a big problem – but not fantastic! “We jumped on the other bike, and we were quite satisfied about today. It looks like here in Qatar our bike is competitive, we can be strong and fast – and this is the most...
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