Valentino Rossi may have chosen to sit out the wet opening morning at Jerez, but the reigning six time MotoGP world champion was instantly fast when he made his belated 2009 Jerez debut – and soon knocked Casey Stoner from the top. However, Rossi in turn lost out to Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo in the closing stages – the Italian finishing the day just 0.070sec behind his fellow M1 rider, …