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.
VALENTINO ROSSIYou try to do a technical feature: in front of me I had a strong rider who brakes hard and it’s difficult to pass.
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You try to do a technical feature: in front of me I had a strong rider who brakes hard and it’s difficult to pass.
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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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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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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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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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To be a great motorbike racer, the most important thing is passion for the bike.
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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 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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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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Riding a race bike is an art – a thing that you do because you feel something inside.
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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 lucky because I don’t feel too much pressure – it’s only in the last hour before the race, and even then it’s good, positive pressure.
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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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Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn’t have had this passion to be a rider.
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