Rossi is hopeful his Misano setup will be a good base this weekend

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Marlboro Ducati's Valentino Rossi is expecting better results for himself at the put-upon team at this weekend's Aragon MotoGP round after he found a good setup at Misano which allowed him to run a faster pace in the early part of the race.

Rossi is still sixth in the world championship standings despite having, by his standards, an utterly abysmal year and only trails Ben Spies by two points and Dani Pedrosa by 17.

“Last year at Aragon was the best race of the year for Ducati, so we approach this round with our expectations a little higher than usual. In addition, after the difficult practice sessions at Misano, we found a good setup in the end and I had a better feeling with the bike and managed to ride it better in the race, especially in the early laps," said The Doctor.

"Now we’ll try to combine the two things—the track that seems to work well with the Desmosedici and the good setup work—in order to find the same feeling on Sunday.”