Yamaha's Valentino Rossi said pole position for the Japanese GP was made sweeter by the fact he'd had a rough Motegi weekend until then, both in terms of bike set-up and physical condition. Rossi had admitted that he was seriously jet-lagged in the pre-event press conference on Thursday and has now confirmed he is "a little bit sick" - but he'd put all of that aside to storm to his third pole of the season in Saturday qualifying at Motegi. "It's fantastic because it's the third pole position of the season, is a good number," Rossi said. "Also because we were struggling during the weekend to find the right setting – and also I'm not at 100 percent, I'm a little bit...
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