Rossi says shoulder still a big factor

Valentino Rossi said continued pain from the shoulder he injured last year was a bigger factor than bike performance in his low-key seventh place finish in his first race with Ducati in Qatar. The seven-time MotoGP champion was unable to get his Ducati career off to a dream beginning - although he did fly through from ninth on the grid to briefly hold second at the first corner. He reckoned fighting for fourth would have been possible, though he suspects he would have fallen back to seventh when his shoulder got weaker whatever happened.

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