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
circuit interested
We are all interested to see the new circuit in Turkey,
greatest occasion remember riders
He was one of the greatest riders and it was a great occasion to remember him,
honda ride thinks won yamaha
Before that everyone thinks you must ride Honda to become world champion. Yamaha had not won the championship for a very long time.
bikes riders test
I think it's going to test the riders and the bikes to the maximum.
challenge circuit f1 front looked opportunity race riders saw television
I saw the F1 race on the television and the circuit looked like a lot of fun...it is a new challenge but also a new opportunity for a lot of riders to be at the front so we will see what happens.
battling easy few quite race riders strong tough
It was a tough race with quite a few strong riders battling it out at the finish. It was not easy to overtake, but a few of them managed to do it.
challenge circuit f1 front fun looked opportunity race riders saw television
I saw the F1 race on the television and the circuit looked like a lot of fun ... it is a new challenge but also a new opportunity for a lot of riders to be at the front so we will see what happens.
ferrari invited since
Ferrari invited me to come and test, and since I was on vacation, I went,
happiness happy number records victories
Records are not the most important thing but I am very happy to have the same number of victories as 'Mike the Bike',
catching couple fourth good grid row start third
I made good start from the fourth row of the grid and was catching Marco in third place after he made a couple of mistakes,
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.
races win
It was like I had to win two races -- one in the dry, then in the wet.