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
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
team winning italian
I have won on Honda and Yamaha so maybe it is interesting to win with a third team, Ducati, who are Italian.
sports people racing
Also, when I started racing he knew a lot of people and it was more easy for me to find the first bike, so I have a good chance for sure.
ferrari driving prison
I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
sports passion riders
Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn't have had this passion to be a rider
race years interesting
We have the 2004 M1 here for reference, which is useful. It worked well here last year; we won the race and always did fast lap times so it will be interesting to compare it to the new bike and it will help us to understand which parts have improved
positive-thinking able tyres
I am able to ride the bike and think clearly about strategy and tyres. I also have positive thinking. I am very constructively critical.
track racing different
It is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on
rallying
But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.
done train
I'm done with F1 unfortunately. I'm too old, the train has passed
winter years yamaha
In 2002 the Yamaha was at more or less the same level as the Honda, better in some ways, worse in others. But in the winter of last year between 2002 and 2003, Honda made a big step forward and it seemed as if Yamaha couldn't quite match that improvement.
two race track
However I am looking forward to the two new Grands Prixs both Shanghai and Laguna Seca are fantastic tracks and it will be good to race at them.
sports passion thinking
The tragic incident of Luis Salom reminds us that our sport, our passion, is dangerous. We know it but, in a way, we don't think about it.
racing goes-on life-goes-on
We kept on racing, doing something that Luis [Salom] loved. Fortunately or unfortunately, life goes on.