If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.
VALENTINO ROSSIWe 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.
More Valentino Rossi Quotes
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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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The great fights with your strongest rivals are always the biggest motivation. When you win easily it’s not the same taste.
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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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I’m very happy because I won a lot. I’ve won races and lived in a world that just gave me joy, so I remember it very positively.
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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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You look at Moto3, the races are very exciting. Moto2 is fantastic, and then MotoGP is boring.
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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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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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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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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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Maybe the bike is more dangerous, but the passion for the car for me is second to the bike.
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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 really happy, and beating Marc [Marquez] at the very last chicane gives me an extra boost.
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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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I’m Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.
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