Valentino Rossi Quotes (66 Quotes)

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.

To win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races.

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.

It has been a very interesting test, considering how it was the first time I lapped in a Formula One car along with other drivers. I have to say I felt at ease and had no particular problems. Maybe I need a little more experience of driving on a wet track.

But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.

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,

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.

I put the number 7 on my t-shirt because this is the number of my championships but also because it was the number of Barry Sheene, who was a great hero of mine and a truly great racer,

My title rivals are behind me but at the moment I am not thinking about that. My target is to finish on the podium and then we'll see where everybody else is.

I'm Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.

The work that we do during the winter is very important; we have a new bike and it's important to develop it during this time, and we start with this test.

Racing with Yamaha gives me a great taste and a great motivation to win these last two championships have been two of the best,

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.

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.

We have the 2004 M1 here for reference, which is useful. It worked well here last year; we won the race and always did fast lap times so it will be interesting to compare it to the new bike and it will help us to understand which parts have improved.

I don't think there is an anti-Rossi camp. But there are people who are thinking coldly about the pros and cons.