Nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi is showing concern over Honda RC213V's early MotoGP pace, saying that already it seems to be competitive in all conditions, whereas his Movistar Yamaha R1 still needs work.
Rossi, who didn't take in points in Argentina, has taken 29 points from the three races so far whereas Cal Crutchlow and Marc Marquez - who have also finished outside of the points on one occasion - are on 38 and 45 respectively with a win each.
“It’s worrying, because they are very strong, but especially it’s a bike that always go well. They are competitive more or less in every condition, so it will be hard," said Rossi.
“But here we put two bikes in the top four at a track that doesn’t favour Yamaha usually. Now it will be important to see how we fare at Jerez, because last year when we returned to Europe, on different tracks where the grip is different, we suffered a lot.
“This year I hope we are more competitive on tracks we like, like Jerez and Barcelona.”