Movistar Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi immediately wants to get a good understanding of how the hard compund Bridgestone tyres will work at this weekend’s Argentine MotoGP round this weekend after his problems at Austin last time out.

The Italian former champion was forced to slow by three seconds a lap even before half distance in Texas even though he had done a longer simulation with no problems earlier in the weekend, and he doesn’t need a repeat of that situation.

“It is important to go immediately to Argentina after the weekend in Austin and try to get a good result. This is a new circuit for everyone and we have to interpret it well. It is really hard to understand now if this track will be suitable for the Yamaha as there are many variables,” said Rossi.

“We’ll know after the first few laps on the track. I am happy with the work we are doing so far and in Argentina we will be even more focused to get good results. We’ll have to understand as soon as possible the ideal set up of the bike, and above all we’ll have to understand how the tyres behave on this asphalt. We will analyze all the data and we will do our best. Going to a new circuit is always exciting.”