Valentino Rossi hopes to strengthen second place at Sepang
Italian is hoping to continue his good form after winning in Australia
Valentino Rossi holds the edge over his Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo in the battle for second place in the world championship as the MotoGP season heads to Sepang this weekend.
Rossi energised his chances of finishing runner-up behind re-crowned world champion Marc Marquez for this year's MotoGP campaign with victory at Sunday's Australian race.
I love Sepang, it's one of my favourite tracks, but the race is always very difficult, also physically because it is a little too hot for a MotoGP race
The Italian legend, at 35 the oldest rider in MotoGP, has won six premier class races in Malaysia and is looking forward to adding to his record this week.
"I love Sepang, it's one of my favourite tracks, but the race is always very difficult, also physically because it is a little too hot for a MotoGP race," he said.
"But the track is fantastic and the tests in the winter weren't too bad, so we have to try to do like this weekend and try to be as strong as possible."
Rossi won his first Australian MotoGP in nine years after Marquez crashed out while holding a big lead on his Repsol Honda bike on the 19th lap of the 27-lap race.
