Rossi chases improved us showing

(MENAFN- Kora) Approaching the second race of the motogp season the six-time champion rossi was looking to improve his efforts from 12 months ago in the us when he finished more than 16 seconds shy of race winner and eventual champion marc marquez.

Rossi has begun his season in positive fashion as he finished second at the grand prix of qatar behind spain's marquez and is looking to take his form to the circuit of the americas (cota).

"i really want to go to austin especially after the first race in qatar" rossi said.

"the season started well but now we need confirmation. last year i made one of the worst races of the season in texas and this year i want to see if we can be competitive everywhere.

"getting a good result in austin would mean a lot for me and for yamaha. it would mean that the direction taken is the right one. we will try to do our best to be competitive also on the austin circuit. i'd like to have fun like i did in qatar."

Rossi's team-mate jorge lorenzo champion in 2006-07 had a horrendous start to the season crashing out in lap one in the middle east.

"after a very disappointing race result in qatar i look forward to racing at austin to try to get a good result and forget as soon as possible all the things that happened in losail" lorenzo said.

"cota was not one of the best tracks for us last year. we had some difficulties to adapt our bike to the layout and lack of grip but finally we found out how to manage for the race.

"in the end we got a good result and we finished only three seconds behind the winner.

"i guess this year the pace could be even better because our bike has made one step ahead with the new seamless and the chassis is pretty good.

"also i feel almost perfect physically at one hundred per cent and that is so important to try to fight for the victory elsewhere."