How do Ferrari know what I’m doing next year when I don’t know what I’m doing next week?
VALENTINO ROSSIBut I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.
More Valentino Rossi Quotes
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In 2009, I didn’t like that Yamaha signed such a young and competitive teammate [Jorge Lorenzo]. But now everything is different. We are more mature. Everyone knows his role and position. Things are clear.
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Maybe the bike is more dangerous, but the passion for the car for me is second to the bike.
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I am completely focused on being strong, riding fast, and enjoying myself. With the new generation of riders, only the chronometer counts. I need to be faster than them on track.
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But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.
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Once the races begin it’s more difficult and there is never that much time for testing.
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I am focused on racing. I enjoy it. It’s a great feeling to be back fighting for the title.
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I have so much respect for my opponents; many of them watched the races as little children and were supporting me!
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I like physical exercise. I actually like sports in general. I really like snowboarding and playing soccer, too.
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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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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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We kept on racing, doing something that Luis [Salom] loved. Fortunately or unfortunately, life goes on.
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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 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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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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I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.
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