Fiat Yamaha's Valentino Rossi isn't worried about the speed of title rival Casey Stoner as the mulitple MotoGP World Champion says he has a plan for the race.

Rossi was a second slower than the Marlboro Ducati man during the final session yesterday, and was also behind his own team-mate Jorge Lorenzo, but the Italian is banking on warmer track temperature for the opening round.

“In the early part of the evening we were fast enough but later on, when it became much colder and the grip went down, we suffered quite a bit. I started a long run but in fact I was getting slower and slower, so we didn’t finish and concentrated on trying some different things with the setting instead," said The Doctor.

"Our position is not so bad; we’re third, close to Lorenzo. Stoner is very fast but I am not too worried because we have a good idea about our path for the race and I think that in one month, when it is hopefully a few degrees warmer, we will be okay. This is not a great track for me or for the bike and the target for the race will be to be to be better than last year! Next we go to Jerez for the final test and I am expecting to be strong there.”