Marlboro Ducati's Valentino Rossi has admitted he thinks he will not win a race with the Desmosedici GP11.1 this year and it'll be the first time he hasn't tasted victory since 1996 but jokes he can take the chequered flag if it snows during Sunday's Phillip Island MotoGP round.

The Doctor has come to realise the package he has is not good enough to best the likes of title chasers Casey Stoner and Jorge Lorenzo but thought at the beginning of the year he would taste victory once during the 2012 season.

"At the beginning I think we can win some races but when some guys start to make the question to me I have to look reality in the eyes and I think we cannot win one race. It is very bad because Ducati always win but I always win. From 1996 I have won races so maybe if it snows… We are ready we have good snow tyres," said Rossi, speaking to bikesportnews.com