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.
VALENTINO ROSSIBut I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.
More Valentino Rossi Quotes
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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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I’m really happy, and beating Marc [Marquez] at the very last chicane gives me an extra boost.
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I never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.
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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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The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.
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How do Ferrari know what I’m doing next year when I don’t know what I’m doing next week?
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You look at Moto3, the races are very exciting. Moto2 is fantastic, and then MotoGP is boring.
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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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I’m Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.
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I was lucky. My father raced bikes. He gave me the passion very early. I had my first bike when I was three or four years old.
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Barcelona is a special track. I have always loved the layout of the circuit, but also the atmosphere and the fans are special. It has always been good fun.
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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.
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I have won on Honda and Yamaha so maybe it is interesting to win with a third team, Ducati, who are Italian.
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I have designs I like applied to my helmet, motorcycle, riding suits, gloves,and boots. I have a designer friend of mine put the designs on them for me. I think a livery on the helmet is significant in expressing a rider’s personality.
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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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