MotoGP: Valentino Rossi, “I'm aiming for the podium in Austin, but it won't be easy”
The Yamaha rider from Pesaro knows that the circuit is favorable to Honda and then watch out for Ducati
Yamaha Movistar MotoGP – Having archived the splendid victory at Losail, Valentino Rossi begins to think about the next race which will take place on April 12th in Austin, Texas. The rider from Pesaro knows that the US track is favorable to Honda, also given the two long straights and then this year there is also Ducati, which achieved its only dry podium in Austin last year with Andrea Dovizioso. The podium is precisely the result Rossi is aiming for, he has the say.
“Austin is really beautiful, I like both the track and the city. I have to say it's not one of my favorite circuits, but personally I like the layout – Rossi told COTA – Unfortunately for Yamaha it's not the best place. We have always struggled a lot, we will try to do our best, but we have never found the ideal compromise to go fast. The track is very modern and I like some of the corners, on the other hand there are two long straights, which don't help us.”
Podium goal “I think we could go better this year, especially because we have a good bike and we have made important improvements. I would like to be on the podium, but it won't be easy. Our opponents are very strong on this track.”
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By now you're used to it: no effort, no party!
This time I would say that he will forget the podium, he will see it from afar with binoculars. The circuit is very suitable for Ducati and it doesn't happen in every race that Marquez finds himself at the back of the group or that Lorenzo's visor fogs up. The second Honda, driven by the test driver, will probably also arrive in front of him.
Hahaha!!!!
Why do you comment on Rossi's articles??? Don't you have any riders to support????
Are your only sporting satisfactions linked to the sporting defeats of a driver??? Poor thing! Nice shit life you must have!!!!
Get a job!!!!
…and in any case:
How many people have been proven wrong by the Doctor!!!!
TONYKART and Alecx: men who know what they say:
18 October 2014, after Valentino's terrible qualifying:
TONYKART: “You dreamed of being a stoner on his island, you woke up and reality is something completely different, ahahahahh nothing but victory....”
19 October 2014 Valentino wins at Philip Island for the sixth time in his career:
TONYKART: "If the others fall and give bad tires to your teammate, you'll see that you win the races too... how disgusting"
28 March 2015: Rossi is only eighth in qualifying and Alexc writes: “…. little doctor, tomorrow you can see the podium with binoculars."
March 29, 2015: Valentino duly wins the comeback race after showing off a pace that not even Marquez had and silencing another idiot.
And the poor idiot tries in vain to justify himself: "...he won by only 174 thousandths"!!!!
Hahahaha, congratulations don't miss an opportunity to shut up….and act like spoiled children, NGHEEE NGHEEE!!!!
The last time you said he saw it with binoculars he won, keep going like this maybe he wins again.
@Alecx
Continue like this: every time you make predictions you are proven wrong by the Sunday race.
But you make us laugh: don't leave, whether you are Mugello or Fatman continue: you bring luck.
If Tonycart also continues with you with the forecasts... we will fall apart with laughter and happiness, while you, like Giucas Casella, make fools of yourself...
Don't think badly, I love you: you are like Colonel Bernacca; all you had to do was interpret his weather forecast backwards and you were right.
Keep it up: bring luck
alexcesso I didn't read your comments on Sunday evening...cacarella?
the usual know-it-all air is back after a victory, you already look like 2015 world champions, didn't you notice that Marquez was missing? He will remind you soon and so will Ducati...
And sorry, who's to blame for Marquez? Reds pushed him out?? He was wrong...
Rossi was even more stuck in traffic but he didn't make a single mistake.
But it seems to me that the know-it-all in this case was Alecx making predictions.
You are really sick dear canaries, LucaR, do you realize what you write? You talk about a millionaire biker and you worship him, making yourself ridiculous for him.
Go look for people's jobs... luckily I have a more than decent salary, higher than the current average in Italy, how much do you earn?
I like MotoGP as a sport and I appreciate more than one rider, I like battles on the track and since I'm very objective, being like this I certainly can't prostrate myself like you canaries do in front of a rider who is good, but isn't that phenomenon. that the press has mounted over the years.
I like how Marquez rides sideways, I like Stoner, I like Crutchlow and I appreciate Lorenzo.
If you defend so much someone you don't even know and who earns a few thousand times more than you (and me too) then you have very serious problems. Anyone who idolizes an athlete always has problems, so do your own thing.
Let's see if he gets the podium in Austin, mine is an objective prediction, if they all stay on the track, against the current Ducatis, Marquez, Lorenzo, I don't think there is too much room for Rossi on the podium, we'll see.
Hahaha
I really don't support Rossi nor do I idolize him!!! I simply find it funny people like you who, even if proven wrong, don't admit their ignorance and don't admit their mistakes!
Find a job, I repeat....or if you really have nothing to do, at least dedicate your attention to the pilots you like and leave the ones you don't like alone.
…don't make us true fans burdened by your ignorance, please!!!
Idolizing a sportsman or any character is never a good thing. Hating someone (who is also your compatriot and whose merits are recognized worldwide) to the point of enjoying if he doesn't win and getting mad if he wins, is for stupid people with very low IQ.
@Alecx
First of all you are anything but objective: both on Motograndprix and on GrandPrix F1
Secondly, but not of less importance, you continue to talk about the man's earnings (on GrandPrix F1 you don't dare talk about the money of Ham - Vet - Alo - because they are less moderate than us) neglecting as only the heads like yours they can do that here we're talking about riders and motorbikes, you never know where to climb...
LucaR is right: your reaction is typical of children who are handed a Nutella sandwich and then..., the smartest child comes along and steals it from them.
Cry well, child, continue with your predictions, make us laugh.
Do you know what the real problem is for you?
Not so much the possible victory of the World Championship or the results that Valentino obtains but his presence.
In twenty years he has beaten, humiliated, psychologically destroyed and "sent home or to other categories" generations of pilots.
Including your pilots, dear Rosicone.
Vale, on the other hand, is there, he has fun, he keeps us entertained and when he's on the ball with the bike in order he still wins a few races.
And perhaps continue in MGP until 40 years old.
This burns you…
By the way... whether it is as Stadio says or as La Gazzetta says Stoner remains fishing; Honda preferred “the test driver” ahahahahah
Was it Dovizioso or Melandri who said that Casey suffered from Valentinitis during the lactose period?
This time around there would have also been Marquezinite hahaha
I don't know where you are from, if you are from Emilia and today you eat tortellini... instead of grating a little nutmeg and a lot of Parmesan, scratch your nails if you still have some left.
Come on, 2019 is coming soon ;-)))
But talking about the drivers' money is fine and Hamilton and Alonso (Vettel seems to get much less than them) get a lot of money, but I'm not sick of some drivers, as you are of the reds.
How long has it been since Rossi won a title?
he hasn't won any for about 7 years, strangely, just when some strong drivers appeared.
You also have to say about Marquez, who won two titles in his first two years of MotoGP, which shows your illness.
I don't watch the races thinking of gnawing or hoping that that driver does badly, unlike you.
If you are objective, you know well that if Marquez wasn't at the back of the group at Losail and if Lorenzo didn't have that visor problem, Rossi most likely wouldn't have won. Instead you get excited about a victory achieved against two of your main opponents plagued by problems.
Even Rossi knows this, but you, on the other hand, really don't seem to want to shake off this fanatical support.
Now I want to see if he doesn't get to the podium in Austin, what do you say. If Rossi wins by beating all his rivals, without them having any problems, I'll be the first to say that he had a great race, but if Marquez or the Ducatis win, with everyone on the track without problems, you'll certainly take away any excuses for Rossi. You are the antithesis of sport, there is no point arguing with you.
Um……ALECX???
I would like to point out something to you: on the second lap Marquez was 12th, while Rossi was eighth!
The difference is that one recovered and the other (at least in this race) did not!!!
Hahaha I see you still don't miss an opportunity to shut up!!!
See you smart guy!
Lyon, this answer summarizes all the insignificance of the average Canarian fan, by chance you forgot that in the red ducats he destroyed himself... a small parenthesis in his long but very important career
How many people have been proven wrong by the Doctor!!!!
TONYKART and Alecx: men who know what they say:
18 October 2014, after Valentino's terrible qualifying:
TONYKART: “You dreamed of being a stoner on his island, you woke up and reality is something completely different, ahahahahh nothing but victory....”
19 October 2014 Valentino wins at Philip Island for the sixth time in his career:
TONYKART: "If the others fall and give bad tires to your teammate, you'll see that you win the races too... how disgusting"
28 March 2015: Rossi is only eighth in qualifying and Alexc writes: “…. little doctor, tomorrow you can see the podium with binoculars."
March 29, 2015: Valentino duly wins the comeback race after showing off a pace that not even Marquez had and silencing another idiot.
And the poor idiot tries in vain to justify himself: "...he won by only 174 thousandths"!!!!
Hahahaha, congratulations don't miss an opportunity to shut up….and act like spoiled children, NGHEEE NGHEEE!!!!
@Alecx – Tonycart
But are you the same person with two nicknames?
Alecx: as Durim says, Marquex made a mistake on his own, I don't think this is the place to talk about money, no one cares. Since nothing can be said about the pilot, we go and look for something privately.
Nothing to say about Marquex, I'm just happy with his excellent results, this doesn't mean that Rossi deserves Yamaha "at least" as much as Lorenzo, or do you have something to say here too?
Tonycart: here's the other seer: I'm super happy for Ducati, Dovizioso and Iannone.
You're right in saying that Valentino spent 2 very dull years at Ducati.
A question arises spontaneously at this point: if in those years Dall'Igna had been in place of Preziosi, they had had 12 engines with free development throughout the year and extra soft rubber (let's leave aside the litres) do you think he would have lived two better years or do you consider Dovizioso and Iannone superior?
I may be an average canary... if you say so..., but you are so gnawing and envious that just to speak badly of him you would invent any argument to belittle his deeds.
You babble nonsense, you make the chickens laugh.
@Alecx
self. Lorenzo, if Marquex, if my grandmother...
Even if McLaren wasn't a wreck that retires at every GP it would score points.
Regarding Marquex, he was legendary in winning the world championship on his debut in MGP and the following year but Valentino didn't do too badly either: debut in 500m 2nd, the following year world championship in 500m and for another 4 consecutive years world championship in MGP.
Last year, despite the results, it didn't go badly (Tonycart... Hyden won the world championship with two victories, remember?) and this year he started well, it seems that if he has to fight he won't hold back.
May the best win, just to be biased.
It's me, the first person to have had a good debut race and it's undeniable, I also complimented them sportingly, something I haven't seen the Canaries do towards Ducati and especially Dovizioso who is usually pointed out as mediocre/poor
Stoner chapter, the statements of I suppose on live TV that he is the person who certainly knows stoners best in the world are totally different from the fantasies reported by you and are the stuff of stupid giggles
Marquez, it's certainly not Valentino's fault if he took too long at the first braking point but only a blind person can't see what he was doing with his Honda during the comeback and already seeing stupid giggles and mocking him seems really low level to me
But I know you well, I don't pretend to reason with you because I know it's impossible and this after just one victory....
“only a blind person can't see what Marquez was doing with his comeback Honda”
Are you talking about yourself in the third person? tell me about marquez's overtaking against bautista and melandri??? Because dear tony, dear blind and ridiculous.
http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2015/QAT/MotoGP/RAC/Analysis.pdf?v1_5e308071
There wasn't a lap, that it was a lap, that Marquez was faster than Rossi...not a lap. Results on the blind hand. And even when he had to recover on Pedrosa, or had a clear track, Marquez WAS NEVER FASTER than Rossi.
Rossi deservedly won the race, making the Qatar race one of the best races of the last 4-5 years. Give thanks instead of complaining…
It's Rossi's 20th year, but you stupid people don't know him even a little... you still haven't understood why he is the most successful and most loved rider in the world. You still don't know Rossi and you have no idea what makes him superior to others, regardless of the result.
DUREX I don't stoop to answering scum like you……..
For once you're doing the right thing: shut up!
Keep it up ;)
@Tonycart
there is absolutely no need to reason with us.
You are free to browse all the articles you want and make the comments you want but if you come in almost exclusively to shovel shit about Valentino in his articles... do you know the saying who sows the wind reaps the storm?
Races are won by those who make fewer mistakes, those who are fastest, those who reach the end.
I don't necessarily have to comment on all the riders, even if from a sporting point of view I wish everyone victory.
If I dislike a rider (there aren't any), I certainly don't go to his article to make comments.
I repeat, so perhaps I am clearer: feel free to comment where and how you want but if you say nonsense, expect answers in kind.
Happy Easter everyone ;-)
Rather than tone-deaf answers, they are answers from football fans and without a minimum of objectivity, but that's okay, the important thing is to be aware of what you are.
Happy Easter xD
@Alecx
This time too you guessed right at first glance: the only sports I follow are F1, MGP and sometimes SBK ;-)))
“In Austin I'm aiming for the podium, but it won't be easy”
..sorry but if even Valentino himself admits that it won't be easy to get on the podium..
why one has to comment
“”This time I would say that he will forget the podium, he will see it from afar with binoculars. The circuit is very suitable for Ducati and it doesn't happen every race that Marquez finds himself at the back of the group or that Lorenzo's visor fogs up. The second Honda, driven by the test driver, will probably also arrive in front of him.""..
but take a lexotan and let us see Valentino in peace fighting for the podium and maybe even getting on it..
..don't break our Easter eggs..
But please shut up alecx you only know how to speak the doctor and a great try for you at 36 years old to win a GP starting eighth. Just envy. If the doctor gets on the podium on Sunday you don't have to make yourself heard anymore, don't worry that in the world championship he will finish in the top two, maximum three..