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Rossi happy with current pace at Donington Park

Last week's race winner Valentino Rossi enjoyed a solid day of testing on the first day at Donington Park. The reigning world champion in MotoGP ended third in the time sheets on a day with mixed wet weather conditions.

Speaking about his free practice session Rossi said: "These strange conditions are always hard to ride in but it was important that we had some time in the wet today because we were able to understand our level.

"We're quite happy because I felt confident and I was able to be fast today. The conditions changed a lot during the hour and by the end it was mostly dry, which meant it was quite hard to ride with the wet tyres but we were still quite fast and in the end we're third, which is a good start. We've got a few modifications to make as usual after a Friday but we have a good base. Tomorrow it seems it will be completely dry so hopefully by the end of the day we will be ready for Sunday, whatever the weather."

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