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 great job pole position quite team weekend worked
I was quite confident for pole position because the team have done a great job with the bike this weekend and it worked well from yesterday,
bike full looking near optimal session setup track until
We were looking for the optimal setup of the bike for the Brno track so it wasn't until near the end of the session that I went full out,
bike full looking near optimal session track until
We were looking for the optimal set-up of the bike for the Brno track so it wasn't until near the end of the session that I went full out,
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.
bike came confident felt harder pushed
I felt confident with the bike and I pushed harder but Nicky came with me,
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.
bike fantastic great okay pleasure track
It's a fantastic track and if the bike is okay it's a great pleasure to ride.
bike changes corners fast few full good lap looking lots means potential problems quite riders speed team today tried vibration within work yesterday
We still have quite a few problems with the vibration and this means that we can't use the bike to its full potential and make fast lap times. We've tried lots of changes to the set-up today - balance, suspension, but the problem remains. In some of the fast corners my speed is down by as much as 15 or 20kms. The good thing is that we're much better than yesterday and we've done some really good work within the team to make these improvements, but it's still not enough and some other riders are looking very strong.
bikes riders test
I think it's going to test the riders and the bikes to the maximum.
bike case hope testing worked
Our bike worked really well when we went to Qatar for pre-season testing so we hope that this will be the case again.
battle best bike fantastic great race riders team thank win year
It was a fantastic race and my best race of the year by far. It was a battle between great riders and it was fantastic to win like this. I would like to say thank you to my team because the bike was very, very fast.
ferrari invited since
Ferrari invited me to come and test, and since I was on vacation, I went,
everybody starts target wants year
Every year starts from scratch. I know that I am the one everybody wants to beat. It's like I have a target on my back.
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.