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
amazing season title today won
It has been an amazing season and today we have won the constructors' title for Yamaha...so I am very happy,
bit harder however race testing won
Testing the day after a race is always a bit difficult, and when you have won the race it is even harder to feel motivated! However we know that we have to keep improving, because the championship is not over yet and anything could happen!
career races three track win won
I win a lot of times on this track and I think I've won two of the three most important races of my career here,
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.
great numbers pleasure victory won
The numbers are always important and to have won like (as many as) Mick (Doohan) is a great pleasure. But this victory is very much more important.
along car driving ease experience felt formula maybe particular time wet
It has been a very interesting test, considering how it was the first time I lapped in a Formula One car along with other drivers. I have to say I felt at ease and had no particular problems. Maybe I need a little more experience of driving on a wet track.
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.
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.
bike case hope testing worked
Our bike worked really well when we went to Qatar for pre-season testing so we hope that this will be the case again.
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',
decided gone knew lap lost possible risky
I thought it was possible but then I decided it was too risky and after that I knew that the lap was gone and I had lost my advantage.
bike confident fantastic happy lap pole position second time tomorrow worked
I'm happy because the bike worked well. I was confident of a pole position but Nicky set a fantastic lap time ... and second position for tomorrow is not so bad.
bike full looking near optimal session setup track until
We were looking for the optimal setup of the bike for the Brno track so it wasn't until near the end of the session that I went full out,
bike full looking near optimal session track until
We were looking for the optimal set-up of the bike for the Brno track so it wasn't until near the end of the session that I went full out,