Valentino Rossi says he will use the setup breakthroughs found during the Sunday warm-up session at Assen ꦛwith the hope of finding similar gains at Sachsenring as he accepts he’s enduring a tou𒀰gh time in his 2019 MotoGP campaign with three consecutive non-finishes.

In a terrible June for the Mons𒈔ter Yamaha rider, starting wit🥂h crashing out of his home round at Mugello, Rossi was then caught up in the multiple-rider collision triggered by Jorge Lorenzo during the Catalan MotoGP.

The Italian rider capped his frustrating month with a crash during the Dutch round, inadverte﷽ntly taking out LCR Honda’s Takaaki Nakagami in the process, marking the first tꦑime he has suffered three straight DNFs since 2011.

With no points🔯 to add to his tally, Rossi has dropped to fifth place in the riders’ standings and most significantly 88 points off championship leader Marc Marquez, leaving the nine-time world champion in desperate need of a strong result in Germany to kick-start his campaign.

“This is not a pos♊itive time for us. The end to the race in Assen was a real shame because I felt good after the warm-up, I was fast but instead ended up with anoth꧋er zero,” Rossi said.

“The good thing is that now🍷 we go straight to the Sachsenring and we can immediately work on another GP weekend.

“It will bဣe important to understand if the change🍸s made for last Sunday's race will also be positive at the Sachsenring this weekend. We will try to be competitive right from the start on Friday.”

Rossi finished ⛄runner-up to Marquez at Sachsenring 12 months ago and is a four-time race-winner at the German round with his last triumph coming in 2009.