Valentino Rossi says winning this weekend’s MotoGP round in Argentina for the second consecutive year will be "difficult to repeat".
The Yamaha rider took a dramatic victory at the Autodromo Termanas de Rio Honda in 2015, making contact with Marc Marquez and eventually beating Andrea Dovizioso.
Rossi finished the 2016 MotoGP season opener in Qatar in fourth place, missing out on a podium by just one tenth of a second.
"I am very happy to go to Argentina," the Italian said ahead of this weekend’s race. "In this place I have many fans and it's always nice to feel the affection and passion of these people.
"I have great memories here. Last year it was a great race. It will be difficult to repeat the same result but we will try. In Qatar I was not able to go on the podium but it was a good race anyway.
"We worked well throughout the weekend. In Argentina we will have to do the same thing, but we'll have to do better in the race, and try to get on the podium. I really like the Termas track and we will try to do our best."
