If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.
VALENTINO ROSSIOnce the races begin it’s more difficult and there is never that much time for testing.
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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’m done with F1 unfortunately. I’m too old, the train has passed.
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The most important thing is to have a good relationship with the bike you have to understand what she wants. I think of a motorcycle as a woman, and I know that sounds silly, but it’s true.
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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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I would have probably stolen cars – it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.
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I’m Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.
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I am still here because I like to prove myself. I still like to ride the bike on track and enjoy the races. I still have good reasons to be in racing after so many years.
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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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We kept on racing, doing something that Luis [Salom] loved. Fortunately or unfortunately, life goes on.
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I am able to ride the bike and think clearly about strategy and tyres. I also have positive thinking. I am very constructively critical.
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In my opinion we are at the limit now, and 17 races is really too much. With all the testing that we do now, it means we’re always on the bike and it’s quite difficult.
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Giving yourself threads doesn’t mean you don’t believe in yourself in my opinion.
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In 2002 the Yamaha was at more or less the same level as the Honda, better in some ways, worse in others. But in the winter of last year between 2002 and 2003, Honda made a big step forward and it seemed as if Yamaha couldn’t quite match that improvement.
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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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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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