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
soccer sports exercise
I like physical exercise. I actually like sports in general. I really like snowboarding and playing soccer, too.
sports passion thinking
The tragic incident of Luis Salom reminds us that our sport, our passion, is dangerous. We know it but, in a way, we don't think about it.
sports people racing
Also, when I started racing he knew a lot of people and it was more easy for me to find the first bike, so I have a good chance for sure.
sports passion riders
Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn't have had this passion to be a rider
motivational sports winning
I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.
sports car racing
I would have probably stolen cars - it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.
sports risk stay-calm
Our sport is dangerous. We risk the life out there, so we need to stay calm and focused and leave all the rest out.
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.
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,
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.