Valentino Rossi
Valentino Rossi
Valentino Rossiis an Italian professional motorcycle racer and multiple MotoGP World Champion. He is considered to be the greatest and one of the most successful motorcycle racers of all time, with nine Grand Prix World Championships to his name – seven of which are in the premier class...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionMotorcycle Racer
Date of Birth16 February 1979
CityUrbino, Italy
CountryItaly
crash emotion equal great numbers problems race record today vibration win
It's great to equal Mick's record but the numbers are not the most important thing today because this win was a great emotion after my problems with the crash in the first race and some vibration problems with my new bike.
possible pressure race win
For sure, it's possible to win the championship. There's always more pressure than normal, but we try to win this race like we do in other races.
factory fantastic hard relationship stay team worked yamaha
I have a fantastic relationship with this factory and my team crew, who have worked so hard to make the M1 as competitive as it is now, and it just made sense to stay with Yamaha for another year.
achieve asked constantly family impossible maybe normal start
To relax, maybe start a family and live a normal life. This would be impossible to achieve in Italy, where I am asked constantly for my autograph.
grip improve lost order
We made some modifications in order to improve the acceleration and unfortunately we lost a lot of grip in braking.
bike changes corners fast few full good lap looking lots means potential problems quite riders speed team today tried vibration within work yesterday
We still have quite a few problems with the vibration and this means that we can't use the bike to its full potential and make fast lap times. We've tried lots of changes to the set-up today - balance, suspension, but the problem remains. In some of the fast corners my speed is down by as much as 15 or 20kms. The good thing is that we're much better than yesterday and we've done some really good work within the team to make these improvements, but it's still not enough and some other riders are looking very strong.
speed exciting dangerous
The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.
icons want valentino
I'm Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.
race looks boring
You look at Moto3, the races are very exciting. Moto2 is fantastic, and then MotoGP is boring.
sports car racing
I would have probably stolen cars - it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.
race joy world
I'm very happy because I won a lot. I've won races and lived in a world that just gave me joy, so I remember it very positively.
race too-much lasts
I'm lucky because I don't feel too much pressure - it's only in the last hour before the race, and even then it's good, positive pressure.
work-out understanding machines
It's a big, big advantage because understanding what changes we might make takes time and it takes time to work out settings and to understand everything about the new machine.
winter important tests
The work that we do during the winter is very important; we have a new bike and it's important to develop it during this time, and we start with this test