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MotoGP Phillip Island: 'Starting fifteenth is a problem' says Rossi

Valentino Rossi fears tomorrow could be a very tough day for him and the Movistar Yamaha team after a qualifying disaster which left him languishing way down in 15th.

The Doctor says he has not found the right feeling all weekend, neither in the wet or the dry, and worries that he could really struggle tomorrow.

One of many big-hitters who were forced to scrap it out in first qualifying today, Rossi was annoyed not to make it through to Q2, despite his best efforts.

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The best he could salvage was a fifth row grid position, three places back from team-mate Jorge Lorenzo who made through to the second session but struggled throughout to end the day 12th.

"It was a very strange day when it comes to the conditions, because they changed continuously and unfortunately we were never strong starting from this morning,” said Rossi.

“We are a little bit worried because, though we know in these conditions it is difficult for everybody, I never felt the right feeling on the wet and the dry. Yesterday morning we started quite well, but today we had some problems so we start towards the back of the grid. We hope for better conditions because it looks like with our bike we suffer a bit.

“It depends very much on the pace what happens tomorrow, it looks like when it is very cold we struggle to get the tyres up to temperature and the bike becomes very difficult to ride.

“Starting from fifteenth is a problem for sure, if you want to try to win it is quite impossible, but if you are fast you can do a good race. So this is what we have to try."

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