Valentino Rossi says his main target for the remainder of the MotoGP season is to beat Jorge Lorenzo to the runner-up spot in the standings, after conceding Marc Marquez is out of reach. Having finished second behind Cal Crutchlow in last weekend’s rain-affected Czech Grand Prix at Brno, Rossi finds himself 53 points in arrears of points leader Marquez, who completed the podium, However, the Italian is now Marquez’s closest challenger after Lorenzo suffered another disastrous outing in mixed conditions, with tyre problems and two pitstops relegating him to 17th place. Having now cleared Lorenzo in the battle to be the best of the Yamahas in the points, Rossi says his main goal will be...
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