Valentino Rossi says he “studied everything” from Jonas Folger's run to runner-up in last year's German Grand Prix ahead of his own second-place finish in the 2018 edition of the MotoGP event. Folger, who is absent from the grid this year due to illness, outshone the works Yamahas of Rossi and Maverick Vinales on his Tech 3-run M1 bike at the Sachsenring in 2017, challenging Marc Marquez and scoring his maiden podium. On Sunday, Rossi finished just two seconds behind Marquez, and the Italian said after the race that Folger's performance had served as a reference point for how Yamaha can tackle a track that hasn't favoured it as of late. “For me was very important the race of Folger...
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