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.
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.
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.
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.