After persevering with the harder tyre option during Friday's practice sessions at Jerez, Valentino Rossi found himself in a disappointing ninth place. The Championship leader's best lap of 1m 39.782s, set during the morning session, was almost seven tenths of a second slower than the best time of the day, set by his Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo. "It was a difficult practice, especially this afternoon. I think I could have gotten a better position but I decided to use just the harder option and work with just that tyre, because we thought that was the best tyre for the race," Rossi said after FP2 at the Andalucian track. "Unfortunately the performance is very low and the...
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