Valentino Rossi arrives at his home Italian MotoGP at Mugello just 19th in the world championship, having scored nine points from his five races as a Petronas Yamaha rider. The Doctor at least took his best finish so far with eleventh in the hectic Le Mans flag-to-flag race, but believes the mixed weather conditions during the French weekend prevented him from confirming improvements found at the previous Jerez Test. That quest will now continue at Mugello, where Rossi delighted the local fans by winning seven races in a row from 2002-2008 and last stood on the podium in 2018. "I was able to fight for better positions and be within the top-ten at Le Mans, but we suffered in the...
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