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The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.

Valentino Rossi

It is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on.
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Believe Dangerous Different Kind Myself Race
I am focused on racing. I enjoy it. It’s a great feeling to be back fighting for the title.
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Enjoyment Feeling Fight Focus Greatness Myself Race
Maybe the bike is more dangerous, but the passion for the car for me is second to the bike.
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Bike Dangerous Myself Passion
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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Improvement Race Time Understand Win Work
I’m really happy, and beating Marc [Marquez] at the very last chicane gives me an extra boost.
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Defeat Excitement Happiness Myself
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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Difficult Hard Myself Ride Strong Try
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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Feeling Goodness Luck Myself Positive Pressure Race
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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Competition Different Mature Myself Position Role Young
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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Fast Focus Myself Ride Strong
To win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races.
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Competition Hard Need Race Time Win
It’s a big, big advantage because understanding what changes we might make takes time and it takes time to work out settings and to understand everything about the new machine.
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Big Change Time Understand
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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Change Different Dreams Myself Team Win
I feel 100% a Yamaha rider in my heart. I had a long career and raced with several factory bikes, but the highlight of my career is undoubtedly with Yamaha.
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Career Doubt Heart Journey Myself Race
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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Calm Dangerous Focus Leaving Life Need Ourselves Peace Risk Sports Stay
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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Different Myself Pieces Relationship Soul Talk Try
Once the races begin it’s more difficult and there is never that much time for testing.
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Beginning Difficult Race Time

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