Valentino Rossi early-season corner entry woes have reared their ugly head again at the Indianapolis MotoGP round and he feels like he is back to the early part of the season.

The Doctor is struggling to get his Factory Yamaha to brake well enough and turn in, the same difficulties he had with the front Bridestones before a fork tweak in testing changed the way the bike felt for him.

"I have very much problem especially brake and entry. I can arrive to one level but after when I try more I have too much movement on the front and did some mistake, I have two moments with the front so I lose a lot of feeling and at the end the position and also the distance to the top guy is very high," said Rossi, speaking at Indianapolis.

""Here is a little bit more like the beginning of the season. This track I think for me is the worst. I am always struggling a lot. During the four practice we try everything but at the end was not enough. Is a bad result today and tomorrow will be a hard and tough race.

"For me tomorrow in the race, about the pace, we are not very far. There are a lot of people that are fast and also constant so we have to try to improve. It depends also on which setting we decide to use and which tyre."