Yamaha rider Rossi got here out on high in a last-lap duel in opposition to Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso at Termas de Rio Hondo to complete second, slightly below 10 seconds in arrears of runaway winner Marquez.
Although Rossi stated he rode like ‘when he was younger’ in Argentina, chatting with Italian media he remained considerably downbeat that he could not supply a sterner problem to Marquez.
“I am happy to be third in the championship behind Marquez and Dovi, who are the favourites,” stated the 40-year-old, who lies 14 factors adrift of Marquez. “But I feel we should take issues race-by-race.
“There’s a very good group in Yamaha and we’re working onerous, however the problem may be very tough. The two of them [Marquez and Dovizioso] absolutely stay the favourites, so we should attempt to work to be aggressive and struggle.
“And possibly keep nearer to Marquez, as a result of to complete 10 seconds down is large. I’d have most well-liked to be solely three seconds behind and see him typically.”