Valentino Rossi
Valentino Rossi
Valentino Rossiis an Italian professional motorcycle racer and multiple MotoGP World Champion. He is considered to be the greatest and one of the most successful motorcycle racers of all time, with nine Grand Prix World Championships to his name – seven of which are in the premier class...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionMotorcycle Racer
Date of Birth16 February 1979
CityUrbino, Italy
CountryItaly
bike confident fantastic happy lap pole position second time tomorrow worked
I'm happy because the bike worked well. I was confident of a pole position but Nicky set a fantastic lap time ... and second position for tomorrow is not so bad.
advantage means pressure remaining ride rounds six win
The advantage we have in the championship means that I can ride at each of the remaining six rounds without pressure to try to win every race,
beach came everybody felt holidays strange today
Today was a strange day because we all came back from the holidays and it felt like everybody was still in the beach rhythm!
possible pressure race win
For sure, it's possible to win the championship. There's always more pressure than normal, but we try to win this race like we do in other races.
safest tracks
For sure, it's one of the safest tracks in the world.
challenge crazy sure ultimate
For sure it is the ultimate challenge for me -- a crazy challenge,
forward looking next race season win
I am disappointed because I wanted to win the first race of the season but there is nothing we can do now. I'm looking forward to the next race in Qatar.
announce happy relationship
I am so happy to be able to announce the continuation of my relationship with Yamaha,
control fell lost ninth pick second
I lost control of my bike. I was in second and fell to ninth but was able to get back to second place and pick up some important points.
energy morning problems
I have a lot of energy after 2 A.M. I like to sleep in the morning. I have some problems at the start of the day.
factory fantastic hard relationship stay team worked yamaha
I have a fantastic relationship with this factory and my team crew, who have worked so hard to make the M1 as competitive as it is now, and it just made sense to stay with Yamaha for another year.
bike came confident felt harder pushed
I felt confident with the bike and I pushed harder but Nicky came with me,
ferrari lap reveal
I can't reveal the lap times, because Ferrari do not want to,
lost minutes morning problem
We had a gearbox problem this morning ... so we probably lost about 15 minutes of the session,