A couple of weeks after dismissing suggestions that he will test for Ferrari next year, MotoGP superstar Valentino Rossi has admitted he is tempted by the prospect of a switch to Formula 1. In an interview with The Guardian, Rossi said exchanging two wheels for four to race for Ferrari would be “the ultimate challenge” [...]
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Rossi on Graziano.
Posted on 12 August 2005.
From Crash.net One of the most influential figures in the brilliant career of Valentino Rossi has been his famously laid back father Graziano, himself a former racer who – despite his son’s fame – sleeps in the back of a BMW estate when he attends MotoGPs. Graziano won three 250GPs on his way to third [...]
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Rossi: Formula One or Rallying?
Posted on 12 August 2005.
From Crash.net Valentino Rossi has made no secret about his love of four-wheel racing, a fact underlined by his recent Ferrari F1 test – an outing that marked the second time he had driven for the legendary Italian team – but is the much talked about switch to F1 really likely? "I talk in the [...]
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Rossi: Las Vegas is a very strange place!
Posted on 12 August 2005.
From Crash.net Shortly after finishing second and third in the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca, Valentino Rossi took an eye-opening trip to Las Vegas with American team-mate Colin Edwards. "Las Vegas is a very strange place! One time in your life it is good to see," said the Gauloises Yamaha rider of his visit. [...]
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Rossi: Every clever rider is scared.
Posted on 12 August 2005.
From Crash.net Valentino Rossi falling may have been a fairly frequent occurrence during his first year in the premier-class – as illustrated by this picture of the Italian spectacularly highsiding from his Nastro Azzurro Honda in 2000 – but the #46 soon adapted to the power of the fearsome 500cc machines and by the time [...]
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Rossi: Sometimes motivation is difficult.
Posted on 12 August 2005.
From Crash.net Having won an amazing 50 races during just five and a half years in the premier 500cc/MotoGP class – including eight wins from the first ten rounds of this season – what keeps six-times world champion Valentino Rossi motivated? "Sometimes (motivation) is difficult, but to ride the bike at the limit is my [...]
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Rossi: This is my biggest problem…
Posted on 12 August 2005.
From Crash.net Valentino Rossi makes the business of winning look deceptively simple at times – and the Yamaha star admits that his biggest problem is that it can often look much easier than it actually is. "This is my biggest problem! Maybe it is better if I finish the race with lots of sweat and [...]
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Rossi says new Shanghai circuit more suitable for Formula One
Posted on 30 April 2005.
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 [...]
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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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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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Valentino Rossi looking forward to 2005
Posted on 24 January 2005.
Q1. Are you looking forward to the first test and getting back to work after the holiday? For sure it’s good to be back. The holiday was good, although not long enough, but it’s time to restart now. The work that we do during the winter is very important; we have a new bike and [...]
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Rossi looks forward to a break
Posted on 29 November 2004.
Valentino Rossi was back in testing at the Sepang circuit last week, running up the laps on the 2005 evolution version of the Yamaha YZR-M1 alongside his new team-mate Colin Edwards. In this exclusive interview with motogp.com at the end of the test the MotoGP World Champion admitted he was finding it hard to find [...]
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