It is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on.
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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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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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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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 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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The tragic incident of Luis Salom reminds us that our sport, our passion, is dangerous. We know it but, in a way, we don’t think about it.
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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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The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.
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Giving yourself threads doesn’t mean you don’t believe in yourself in my opinion.
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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 race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.
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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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Riding a race bike is an art – a thing that you do because you feel something inside.
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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 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 would have probably stolen cars – it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.
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