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
follow point tried
At this point we don't know which way to follow because we have tried everything.
bit complacent easy fact ferrari following ready team tougher win year
Did the fact that 2004 was so (relatively) easy to win the championship make Ferrari a little bit more complacent going into 2005, and following on from that, does this year being so difficult, make the team tougher and ready for 2006?
beginning casey expect good honest job season strong
To be honest I didn't expect Casey to be so strong at the beginning of the season and he is doing a very good job on the Honda.
break everybody half needed season tough
This break was very important because the first half of the season has been very tough and everybody needed to rest,
best couple days help italy mother party
Now I go back to Italy for a couple of days but we can also make a little party here - I have my mother and some of my best friends from Italy to help me celebrate!
behind best catch points start
Qatar was like the start of my championship but we're already behind in the points and we need to do our best to catch up.
gives great last motivation motivational racing taste yamaha
Racing with Yamaha gives me a great taste and a great motivation to win; these last two championships have been two of the best,
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,