SHANGHAI (AFP) – World champion Valentino Rossi said he isn’t keen on the Shanghai International Circuit, calling it a Formula One track not ideal for MotoGP racing. "My first impressions of the circuit were very good but after riding on it I must admit it wasn’t as much fun as I expected," said the flamboyant [...]
Archive | April, 2005
Rossi says new Shanghai circuit more suitable for Formula One
Posted on 30 April 2005.
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Chinese GP – Qualifying practice
Posted on 30 April 2005.
Qualifying practice / GAULOISES YAMAHA RIDERS GETTING TO GRIPS WITH SHANGHAI Gauloises Yamaha Team riders Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards continued with the difficult task of adapting their YZR-M1 machines to the Shanghai International Circuit on just the second day of MotoGP action in China today. After brief rain showers interrupted proceedings yesterday, cracks of [...]
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Preview Chinese GP
Posted on 28 April 2005.
GAULOISES YAMAHA TEAM READY FOR HISTORIC TRIP TO CHINA The Gauloises Yamaha Team will be at the forefront of a groundbreaking event in the history of the MotoGP World Championship this weekend, as the series visits China for the first time in its 56-year history. The Chinese public will get their first opportunity to see [...]
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Set-up Report – Shanghai, China
Posted on 27 April 2005.
Round 3: Shanghai, China Track length: 5451 m Opened: 2004 Circuit tel: 021-69569999 Circuit web site: http://www.icsh.sh.cn/en Set-up report YZR-M1 The MotoGP World Championship now makes its way to Shanghai, China for the first time in the championship’s illustrious 56-year history. The new circuit, billed as the “the venue for the new millennium” was completed [...]
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Rossi commits to 2006?
Posted on 24 April 2005.
It may only be two races into the final year of Valentino Rossi’s Yamaha contract, but the six-times world champion is already planning to remain in MotoGP next season – presumably with Yamaha – despite on going speculation of a four-wheel move. "I think next year I will race in MotoGP, and after that I [...]
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Q & A Valentino Rossi
Posted on 20 April 2005.
Valentino Rossi was the focal point of a teleconference last Friday at Estoril where he gave his views on the return of MotoGP to American soil for the first time in 10 years, when the 2005 U.S. Grand Prix takes Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca by storm on July 8-10. The Italian six-times world champion discussed [...]
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Estoril GP
Posted on 17 April 2005.
Rossi increases championship lead after tricky Estoril race Round: 2 – Estoril MotoGP Circuit: Estoril Circuit Length: 4182 Lap Record: 1′ 39.189 (Valentino Rossi, 2003) Fastest Lap Ever: 1′ 38.412 (Loris Capirossi, 2003) Date: 17 April 2005 Last Year Race Winner: Valentino Rossi Last Year Race: Go to this race Race 1: 28 Laps Pos. [...]
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Barros wins at rain-hit Estoril
Posted on 17 April 2005.
The Race/ROSSI INCREASES CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD AFTER TRICKY RACE IN ESTORIL Valentino Rossi finished second in the Portuguese Grand Prix today after a difficult race with changing weather conditions in Estoril. His Gauloises Yamaha team-mate Colin Edwards showed a marked improvement in his performance but made a small mistake on the slippery track and slipped off [...]
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Gauloises Yamaha Team Facing Race Day Challenge
Posted on 16 April 2005.
Gauloises Yamaha Team riders Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards will start from the second and third row of the grid respectively in tomorrow’s Portuguese Grand Prix after a highly competitive qualifying session at Estoril this afternoon. In bright sunshine and tepid ambient temperatures of 16º degrees, both Rossi and Edwards mounted pole attacks in an [...]
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Set-up report – Estoril, Portugal
Posted on 15 April 2005.
Round two: Estoril, Portugal Track length: 4182 m Opened: 1972 Fastest Lap Ever: 1′ 38.412 (Loris Capirossi, 2003) MotoGP lap record: 1′ 39.189 (Valentino Rossi, 2003) Last year MotoGP winner: Valentino Rossi Circuit tel: +351 21 460 95 00 Circuit web site: http://www.circuito-estoril.pt 2004 MotoGP race summary Valentino Rossi put on a show of supremacy [...]
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Excitement Starts Early at Estoril
Posted on 14 April 2005.
The main protagonists of the MotoGP World Championship resumed business at the Estoril circuit in Portugal this afternoon in more amicable fashion than they had separated at Jerez on Sunday, with Valentino Rossi making a veiled apology to his rival Sete Gibernau for the shoulder injury caused when the pair clashed in the final corner [...]
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Jerez GP
Posted on 10 April 2005.
Rossi opens title defence with determined victory at Jerez Round: 1 – Jerez MotoGP Circuit: Jerez Circuit Length: 4423 Lap Record: 1′ 40.596 (Valentino Rossi, 2005) Fastest Lap Ever: 1′ 39.419 (Valentino Rossi, 2005) Date: 10 April 2005 Last Year Race Winner: Sete Gibernau Last Year Race: Go to this race Race 1: 27 Laps [...]
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