Test a ‘weight off Rossi’s shoulders’

Yamaha believes Valentino Rossi has removed the pressure from himself with his performance at the opening MotoGP test of 2013 in Malaysia. In his first proper measurement against the rest of the field since rejoining Yamaha from Ducati, Rossi finished the final day in third position behind last year's title rivals Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo.

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