Rossi: Ducati tougher than expected

Valentino Rossi says he has been surprised by how hard to ride the Ducati turned out to be, but is confident the problems can be resolved. The Italian, who added that he would be "happy to finish in the top five" in the season opener in Qatar, said his early worries about the scale of the task ahead at Ducati were fading even though there was still work to do

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