Rossi “not fast enough” ahead of Doha MotoGP qualifying

The Petronas SRT rider is set to face the first qualifying shootout session Saturday having ended Friday practice for the second Qatar round 14th.

Rossi’s 1m54.112s lap was three tenths slower than his FP2 best from the first Qatar round, in which he managed to qualify fourth.

But the nine-time grand prix world champion struggled with a lack of rear grip on Friday at the Doha GP and…