Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi says his struggles in MotoGP practice at the Sachsenring are related to rear tyre spinning and a lack of traction. Rossi finished second practice down on Friday afternoon down in 17th place overall, 0.899s down on pacesetter Jorge Lorenzo and 11 places behind factory teammate Maverick Vinales, who was sixth.  While Rossi said his position on the timesheets was not reflective of his potential, he admitted that a lack of traction, related to Yamaha’s long-standing electronics woes, had cost him dearly. “Different feelings during the day, first practice was not so bad,” said Rossi, who began the day with the third-best time in FP1. “In the afternoon we tried...
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