However, the veteran superstar has conceded that Marc Marquez is once again a serious force to be reckoned with.
Rossi has had a topsy turvy few weeks and struggled in Jerez last time out.
After starting a lowly 13th on the grid, he fought his way up the ranks and finished sixth.
Nevertheless, it was a disappointing performance following his impressive exploits in Austin just a few weeks before.
“MotoGP star Valentino Rossi will be back in action this weekend ”
Rossi insists he’ll keep battling even if the competition is hotter than ever before.
He told MCN: “We are stronger than last year. The way is long, the challenge is high, but we are working now in a good direction.
“I’m not fully happy because even though Jerez is a difficult track I was hoping to be able to fight for the podium, and in the end, I was a bit too slow.
“But we can fight again, and I’m not so far away in the championship.
“The big problem is that Marquez is clearly the fastest and if he hadn’t crashed in Austin the difference would be big.
“But the gap now is only nine points and even though Rins and Dovi look fast, it seems like we can fight with them to make some podiums and to win some races again.”
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Marquez eased to glory in Jerez two weeks ago and dominated the race from start to finish.
However, Honda were eager to mix things up in testing and Marquez was given Stefan Bradl’s bike to put through its paces.
The machine has a carbon-fibre reinforced frame and the Catalan impressed while using it.
"I did my best lap time with Bradl’s bike," Marquez explained.
"It was another bike and I just did one run with used tyres and another run with new tyres.
“It was positive because we understand many things and it was just to give the first comments to HRC."
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2019-05-16 06:00:00Z
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