The work that we do during the winter is very important; we have a new bike and it’s important to develop it during this time.
VALENTINO ROSSITo win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races.
More Valentino Rossi Quotes
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But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.
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Our sport is dangerous. We risk the life out there, so we need to stay calm and focused and leave all the rest out.
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I try to have a different relationship with the bike. I don’t give it a name, but I always speak with it. I don’t know if the other riders do the same. This is not only a piece of metal – there is a soul. The bike talks back too. But not with a voice, with the components.
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Giving yourself threads doesn’t mean you don’t believe in yourself in my opinion.
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I don’t like being famous – it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
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We have the 2004 M1 here for reference, which is useful. It worked well here last year; we won the race and always did fast lap times so it will be interesting to compare it to the new bike and it will help us to understand which parts have improved.
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My approach to the races hasn’t changed in my 20-year career. If I have the chance to attack and to pass, I do it, trying to get the best possible result.
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Also, when I started racing he knew a lot of people and it was more easy for me to find the first bike, so I have a good chance for sure.
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It is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on.
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If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.
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Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn’t have had this passion to be a rider.
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I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.
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Riding a race bike is an art – a thing that you do because you feel something inside.
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Fortunately during my career I have won more or less everything, so I need to enjoy it to have the right motivation.
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I’m lucky because I don’t feel too much pressure – it’s only in the last hour before the race, and even then it’s good, positive pressure.
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