Rossi looking for strong result

Newly-crowned world champion Valentino Rossi is still hungry for a strong result in Australia despite having clinched this year's crown at the previous round in Japan. Rossi set the second-fastest time in this morning's opening session but didn't fare as well in the rain-affected afternoon session, ending it over two seconds behind Nicky Hayden's session best. "Today we are back to work after the championship victory but I can say that my motivation is still very high and I really want to have a good result here," said the Italian. "I am quite happy with this morning's session, second is not so bad and I managed to do some good laps and find a strong rhythm quite quickly. Despite only being headed... [read full story]