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,
safest tracks
For sure, it's one of the safest tracks in the world.
ferrari lap reveal
I can't reveal the lap times, because Ferrari do not want to,
bikes riders test
I think it's going to test the riders and the bikes to the maximum.
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.
battles circuit great magic
For sure, this is a magic circuit for me, ... I have had some great, great battles here in the past.
demanding difficult race
It's going to be a really difficult race because it's such a demanding circuit,
bike days engine gives good hope smooth
The bike gives me a good feeling. Also the engine is very smooth in acceleration so I'm happy. And it's just the first day, we have another two days and we hope to do good work.