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
fantastic
This was a fantastic first day for us, especially the afternoon,
great magic race stayed track
This track is magic, it was a great race. I wasn't able to escape. Nicky had a great race and stayed right with me.
achieve asked constantly family impossible maybe normal start
To relax, maybe start a family and live a normal life. This would be impossible to achieve in Italy, where I am asked constantly for my autograph.
good
(But Michael) Schumacher, I know well. We have a good relationship.
best race
For me, it was the best race of the year,
great numbers pleasure victory won
The numbers are always important and to have won like (as many as) Mick (Doohan) is a great pleasure. But this victory is very much more important.
feeling front incredible race win
It was an incredible race and an incredible feeling to win in front of all these fans,
races win
It was like I had to win two races -- one in the dry, then in the wet.
australia circuit country everybody interested nice tired trip visit
Everybody is very tired after the trip to Australia but it is always nice to visit a new country and we are all interested to see the new circuit in Turkey,
bike days engine gives good hope smooth
The bike gives me a good feeling. Also the engine is very smooth in acceleration so I'm happy. And it's just the first day, we have another two days and we hope to do good work.
demanding difficult race
It's going to be a really difficult race because it's such a demanding circuit,
crash emotion equal great numbers problems race record today vibration win
It's great to equal Mick's record but the numbers are not the most important thing today because this win was a great emotion after my problems with the crash in the first race and some vibration problems with my new bike.
amazing car driving exciting experience f1 follow footsteps great
It was a very exciting day for me, ... Driving an F1 car was an amazing experience and it was great for me to follow in Schumacher's footsteps for a day.
battling easy few quite race riders strong tough
It was a tough race with quite a few strong riders battling it out at the finish. It was not easy to overtake, but a few of them managed to do it.