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
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.
career fantastic love magic race races track victories win
So, 11 victories is fantastic and always race in this track is different, is magic, ... I win a lot of times here, a lot of important races for my career and I love this track.
fantastic
This was a fantastic first day for us, especially the afternoon,
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 fantastic great okay pleasure track
It's a fantastic track and if the bike is okay it's a great pleasure to ride.
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.
both fantastic forward good however looking race tracks
However I am looking forward to the two new Grands Prixs; both Shanghai and Laguna Seca are fantastic tracks and it will be good to race at them.
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.
areas bigger couple including last
They've made some modifications here over the last couple of years including resurfacing, bigger run-off areas and better curbing,
catching couple fourth good grid row start third
I made good start from the fourth row of the grid and was catching Marco in third place after he made a couple of mistakes,
best maybe pleasure race saw winners
I never saw him race but they tell me he was one of the best, maybe the best ever. I am now on the podium of all-time winners and this is a big pleasure for me.
races win
It was like I had to win two races -- one in the dry, then in the wet.
feeling front incredible race win
It was an incredible race and an incredible feeling to win in front of all these fans,