Rossi hoped for better at Mugello

Valentino Rossi admitted after qualifying 12th at Mugello that he had hoped Ducati's problems would be less apparent at its home track. With Rossi a seven-time winner at the circuit in MotoGP and Ducati having tested its 2012 bike - an 800cc version of which Rossi is now using - at the track, there had been optimism that this weekend would see an upturn in Ducati's fortunes. Rossi felt that had qualifying not been spoiled by rain, he would have been able to improve his position - but not by enough to be content

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