Comments on: More Valentino Rossi twaddle

By: elephino

elephino — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 03:40:48 +0000

Ah, the old -
Interviewer: If Ferrari were to offer you a seat in a third car, would you take it?
Rossi: Of course I would. No one could turn down an opportunity like that.
Headline in cheap rag: Rossi To Drive For Ferrari!!!!!!

By: JZ

JZ — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:54:29 +0000

@Stuart C
Well, thanks for cocking up the MotoGP season, Stuart. Jeepers.

While I would agree with Mr. Roy that Rossi has “absolutely nothing to prove to anyone” in MotoGP I do think The Doctor wants to retire with more/all of the major records, and I think he’s got a few wins to go to take Agostini’s GP wins record (although besting Ago’s 15 world titles is pretty unlikely, even for Rossi).

From what I’ve read, it seems highly unlikely Rossi will ever move to F1. I strongly suspect he would be bored in a series where success depends so much on the equipment. In 2004 he rode an inferior bike to the title, and he didn’t do it through luck and mechanical breakdowns by his competitors. He did it by kicking everyone’s ass cuz he was the best rider out there. How often has that happened in F1? Ever?

By: AC

AC — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:00:03 +0000

Rossi to F1 always makes a good headline doesn’t it, whichever way the story behind it runs. I suspect that’s why Graziano Rossi brought it up to journalists he spoke to after Valentino’s recovery in the Florence hospital and why Montezemolo keeps bringing it up despite the results of Rossi’s last F1 test.

By: Stuart C

Stuart C — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:49:13 +0000

Well, quite. Who’d have thought that within a couple of hours of me putting finger to keyboard, Vale would be lobbing himself and his bike down the road?

By: Steven Roy

Steven Roy — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:11:58 +0000

I have a feeling deMontezemolo is trying to negotiate something and keeps suggesting third cars so that he can can give up the third car in return for him getting whatever it is he really wants.

Looks like Rossi has a bad leg injury and with his Yamaha contract up at the end of the year you have to wonder if his leg and shoulder injuries will be enough to convince him to give up Moto GP where he has absolutely nothing to prove to anyone. If that happens it will be interesting to see what he does next. I would expect if that happens he will go rallying rather than racing.

By: Dank

Dank — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:27:42 +0000

Well, he certainly won’t be getting behind the wheel of a Ferrari anytime soon now…