Fiat Yamaha's Valentino Rossi has said he is expecting a great fight with team-mate Jorge Lorenzo for the 2009 MotoGP World Championship, starting this weekend with the Australian round at Phillip Island.
The Italian, who had his title lead slashed by Lorenzo after only finishing fourth in Portugal, hopes the grip issues that plagued him at Estoril will not re-appear and reckons the next two tracks are two of his best.
"Estoril was a great disappointment but we have to look at the positive and consider that we still came fourth and took 13 points in these conditions. I know that Yamaha have been studying the data very hard to understand what went wrong for us, and we hope that the situation in Phillip Island will be very different," said The Doctor.
"I love this track and have some of the greatest memories of my career there and I really want to be in the best shape for this race. It's too long since I've won there! I think that the championship is going to be a great fight to the end with Lorenzo, but the next two tracks especially are two of my best."
