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MotoGP – Rossi's press conference at the Fiat Yamaha presentation

di Alessio BrunoriMarch 5, 2007
MotoGP – Rossi's press conference at the Fiat Yamaha presentationMotoGP – Rossi's press conference at the Fiat Yamaha presentation

Immediately after the Fiat livery for the Yamaha YZR M1 800cc was revealed, a press conference was held today at the "Stella Polare" conference center at the Fiera di Milano (Rho) with Valentino Rossi the great protagonist. The seven-time world champion, who has been a Yamaha MotoGP rider for four seasons now (and will also be for 2008), responded to the journalists' questions, speaking about his ambitious world championship intentions, his most accredited rivals, and this partnership between Fiat and Yamaha and what the future may still hold for him. We propose some significant passages that can summarize the “Valentin-Thought” four days after the first free practice session of the 2007 season at Losail…

  • “The agreement with Fiat was a great thing, an excellent idea. It's a collaboration that I really like, I hope it brings us many successes. A closer collaboration between me and Fiat? I don't know, they have to come to an agreement, for the moment I don't rule it out..."
  • “At the end of the year I will race the RAC (Rally Britain) again, but not with a Fiat, but with a WRC. Besides, Fiat doesn't have a car for the World Championship, so it's impossible..."
  • “I immediately found a great feeling with the M1 800cc, I ride it as I like and it hasn't had any particular problems. The new 800cc are more exploitable and consequently the lap times are close if not faster than the 1000. On the other hand, with the 990cc there was a lot of power and it was never possible to exploit it properly, with the 800cc however this is possible"
  • “I think Daniel Pedrosa is my #1 rival. He demonstrated it in Jerez and felt very comfortable with his Honda. Among the suitors I obviously also include Hayden, Capirossi and Melandri, even if the latter has some problems with the Bridgestone tyres. And then there's Colin (Edwards, ed.), he went very fast in the winter tests and I see him very energetic and fast"
  • "Pedrosa, being practically a child, certainly has advantages... But on the other hand, riding a MotoGP bike is not so easy for someone of his size: in short, there are advantages and disadvantages"
  • “The crash in Valencia which cost me the title was a hard pill to swallow. Looking at it in a positive sense, it was a moment that united the whole team even more. The lesson was useful to us and this is why Colin and I work hand in hand and compare ourselves a lot in the basic choices of the bike"

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