MotoGP: Valentino Rossi “Now Lorenzo is number 1 in Yamaha”
Meanwhile, Stoner denies the statements made in recent days
The Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix press conference was the first occasion on which Valentino Rossi spoke in public about his return to Yamaha. The nine-time world champion knows that Lorenzo is now #1 in Yamaha, he has the say.
“I'm returning to Yamaha, but it's different from before. Now Lorenzo is number one – said Rossi as reported by Sportmediaset – I'm sorry for Ducati, where I'm leaving great people. There will be no wall between Jorge and me. Relationships have improved and I have to find out if I'm still competitive or not. Unfortunately with Ducati things didn't go as they should have, and it's sad for the Italian fans. I had to choose the bike that I believe is the most competitive for what could be my last two years in racing. It is said that in bad times people become stronger. I hope it's true! But it would be stupid now not to be humble and not be realistic. Many athletes would respond that a difficult period like the one Ducati and I went through together doesn't leave its mark. I say that such an experience is damaging. I don't know, I take everything into account. Above all, I want to find out if I'm still capable of riding fast, of getting podiums, maybe victories, but thinking about the tenth world championship doesn't make sense.. I would like to continue in MotoGP for even more than two years, but first we need to see if I'm still capable. If I still find myself still finishing fifth or sixth or even worse after fifteen years, with everything I've collected, maybe I could even say enough is enough.. But I hope not. Now I have to work on myself and find out what my level is now. When I moved to Yamaha from Honda I was 24 years old and in top form. Now I'm different and there are a lot of very strong riders. So I don't have anything planned. I'm just happy to have another chance. I would like to be able to fight and have fun.”
Casey Stoner, however, denied the statements that came out in recent days and which saw him attacking the Pesaro native: “I haven't given any interviews. Concepts from more than a year ago have been revived.”
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It's convenient for him that there isn't a wall.
when he asked for it was he a real champion???
There's no real doubt that the Yamaha was the best bike....
Lorenzo proves that he is a great gentleman by not giving ultimatums and praising various constraints... which he suffered at the time...
In my house this is called: "Coming home to mom with your tail between your legs" and for a phenomenal doctor it doesn't really seem like the best thing...
Ales you are tough! of those who never have to ask…
Mavalà, why does Ducati come out of this with its head held high and proud?
well well……..
waiting for the DVD my years in ducati...
LET'S STAY UNITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Bibo
Why don't you take a tour of the “Accademia della Crusca”?
Do you know what is it?
Go look…..
I'm not a nobleman, I "only" had eighth grade... I abandoned my studies to help my mother in the company when my father passed away due to an accident with the famous "Ducati 750 GT" that I already told you about.
However, I have always tried, through reading and my great curiosity, to fill "my" ignorance on a cultural and grammatical level.
If you tell me: you make grammatical errors, what you write is not understood... I thank you and I try to improve myself...
Those like you and some who, however, are proud of their limitations should think long and hard: if you don't know how to write you don't know how to read; If you can't read how can you understand?
The result is your posts….
No offense Bibo, it's not a question of who gets angry and who doesn't, arrogance or culture; you need the bare minimum to communicate and make yourself understood.
If I don't know how to ride a motorbike I can't start from the D1199, so…. if you can't write or read/understand, avoid making yourself ridiculous.
I send you these lines as if you were a brother, as a friend, believe me. Regarding ignorance and difficulties, both in expression and in understanding, there is little to be proud of.
And I'm not a moralist as someone has defined me, on the contrary....: if you knew me from the aperitif at 2 in the morning you would be shocked.
I'm not Vasco Rossi though.... I live a little to the max and a little reckless ;-)
Lyon you are great!!!
For me Lorenzo is really the toughest nut he's worth will have to beat. we will see some beautiful ones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5rFR_G1Pjw
Even for me Lorenzo will be the toughest nut to crack, we shouldn't say that it's age's fault, when he beat Biaggi, Baros Checa he was about ten years older and let's not talk about Capirossi he was also 8 years older than Rossi.
Yes.. it's simply about talent and character, look, I live in Spain in Mallorca and I have followed various interviews with Jorge and I can say that he is a gentleman in my opinion he is going uphill, Rossi is probably starting to decline (as much as we like him one wins forever and knowing Rossi he won't retire as a winner because as long as he's competitive he'll run.) then in my opinion the other rivals he had didn't have the character or didn't have enough talent, while Lorenzo has both and above all he doesn't Rossi suffers just as Stoner suffers... for one thing... he has fun even if he loses and the match after is stronger.
Ah Casey…. but are you there or are you doing???? No because now I'm starting to have some doubts...
if you read the article you should have understood that Stoner didn't say anything at all.. it was just a fabrication by the journalists
He's finally done being snooty.
yes for today he's done being snooty, wait until tomorrow then you'll see the wolf lose its fur but....
meanwhile he leaves on the most competitive bike of the lot while Ducati has wasted a lot of money for two years and will find himself starting from scratch with a new project
What do you want them to throw away? After 8 races we are still waiting for the changes to the engine... one thinks it is normal, then he sees Honda bringing a new bike and new engine to solve the tire problem, 3 races after the problem appeared.
LOL
Motorcycle problems? The same, identical ones that Rossi had summed up after the first 3 days of testing: 2 years and zero changes, good work by Ducati.
You say that Ducati has wasted 2 years, but the contract is done in 2, moreover they have shown a certain interest in renewing, so they must not be so disappointed in Rossi.
Furthermore, if he goes on a competitive bike (you implicitly admit that the Ducati is not competitive) it is because he has found someone who offered it to him. Ducati find a better rider, right?
Because he can't be both incapable and a loss for Ducati at the same time. One of the two. Choose the one you want to focus your hate on :)
Valentino you are a great fake... Not to say cowardly... But in the end it's better this way because he has Ducati ruined it completely... Now it's a hybrid without art and part of it, and this is thanks to Rossi and those from Ducati who also listened to him ... Whether Carey gave that interview or not doesn't matter because the words were very right ... You're fake ... I hope Ducati returns to being that unique motorbike that distinguished it from all the others.
…..and therefore will never be able to win anything!
That is, a prototype bike with fifth or sixth place or getting on the podium every six to seven races???
The only thing you know how to do is vent your anger and frustrations on the most successful driver of the last 35 years.
Well done, but know that your life, after letting off steam, will remain the same as before.
And also Rossi's.
Well done…
@Bull
they are poor frustrated former Biaggis, eternal fans of losers.
What to say?
Almost nothing: dull, illiterate (even if you try to argue about it, they don't understand, they can't write or read).
But have you read the series of grammatical and conceptual blunders?
We are also kind to respond, it seems like a Baluba blog….
Essentially?
Goats, goats, goats…
The only advice to give to this "plethora" of sheep is to go and graze on the grass and, if they succeed, to gnaw less; this is just the beginning, think about how they will be in 2013…
Do you think they are shiny?
I hope for them that they add some substance because, if they are lucid, I have no words….
Come on Vale, I read your words and we understand each other.
You will entertain us in the face of Heidi and her goats.
If you don't manage to win the 10th World Championship in MGP, don't worry: all we need is for you to fight among the leaders and a bit of entertainment will return.
If you wanted to win the World Cup easily and safely…. you migrated to SBK and reached Ago.
Credit where credit is due, instead: go and challenge Lorenzo in his lair and that's no small feat.
You're great, there's room for someone to gnaw, it was like that even in '74 with Ago!
Don't care, follow your destiny, you don't have to prove anything.
Not like C*aghino who has always taken them in direct confrontation with you and now retreats to nurse kangaroos and file their horns….
Life is divided into two categories: winners and losers.
There are those who retire and those who face new challenges…..
Personally, however, I hope you finish your career in SBK: Ago is a legend, unique, but I would like you to reach or surpass him and you can do it...
For SBK you are only 33 (35 in 2015) years old.
If half-asses win or are winners (sorry but it's the truth) what can you achieve between now and 2022?
Think about it Vale, you like the Rally but you can undermine Ago, as well as being the only one to win in all the motorcycle categories.
Hi Vale, let us have fun and, above all, make them laugh. ;-)
blah, blah, blah…BEAT FROM ORBI TO JOSA!
plethora
additive
and the space between the apostrophe and the next word
wow, this is Italian...
Indeed, one would have expected more from the immodest introduction.
Or less?
LET'S STAY UNITED!!!
CLOWN!!!
BUFFON!!!
@Allonzo
Go graze, goat!!!!!!!!!
I hope to see your nickname again in 2013 and read your comments ;-)
Or should I come and look for you in F1?
There's not much to say, I'm a Ferrari fan and I support Alonso but, despite this... on MGP in 2013 I want to see if you have “balls” and show yourself, fool.
@Allonzo
Errata corrige: “the balls” to make you see
We'll see each other again more than once!!!
if by chance Ross were to take his pay, you would be the ones to disappear, just like now...
you have raised your profile only now that rossi has signed for yamaha….
better goat than to be like you lyon……
:-)
you must be a Juventus fan for sure……..
the real fans continued to comment even in these difficult moments..
For example, I have always been here since I discovered this site..
You are the ones who tried to tarnish a myth and failed. At the end of the championship we will see who will be the first Ducati rider in the general classification.
@bibo
You're the one talking, because all it took to disappear was the Le Mans race where Rossi, with an only averagely competitive bike, gave Casey the dust... ridiculous ;)
Aeneas
I wonder but does anyone know the perfect being?! Even Valentino Rossi can make mistakes, but it seems exaggerated to criticize and insult him every time. Don't you think so?! In the end he is human and like all of us he can make mistakes too. So I don't understand why people enjoy insulting him like this. There is someone who always has something to say, try doing what he did and then you might start talking and criticizing him. Hello, good evening and stop always being so angry :)
@Bibo
I'm on a boat with the iPhone, not on a PC like you; I'm not happy with touch keyboards.
Don't worry, I'll be there in 2013 and, for your information, I've been frequenting this blog for 15-20 days.
I'm sorry I lost a reply post to you where you asked me if I was a noble (if I were, would I be wasting my time with you?)
It's not a problem: as soon as I'm on the PC I'll send it back to you.
To answer you in kind there is no need to memorize anything, you are a broken record...., always the same nonsense, empty, useless and dull.
If you don't know what it means, go read about the “Accademia della Crusca”.
Go ahead anyway, it might help you.
do we even bother the bran academy for a little word that is just a little obsolete? come on, read some books otherwise they won't stop calling you a goat. and they would also be right...
“There's not much to say, I'm a Ferrari fan and I support Alonso but, despite this”...what???
... asshole to me Alonso is more on the balls of reds...
...I already told you that you haven't understood shit about life, starting with the education of your children...
...and I repeat, go and take it in the ass, you and your morals...jester and clown like your pilots!!!
...always for our heartthrob lion, don't brag so much about screwing other people's women, because sooner or later someone will rip your head off your neck...
It gnaws and gnaws; the more you play, the more fun I have.
Capra
For the Editorial Team:
When will registration be compulsory on this blog as you did for the part relating to F1? maybe with a nice unique login so we don't have to make a new account?
But who is this stupid idiot?
But is it possible that we can't discuss normally?
No, here too there are useless ultras like in football.
@clay
…another one who preaches well and scratches badly:
“But is it possible that we can't discuss normally?
No, here too there are useless ultras like in football."
This is what you wrote in the other article regarding Stoner:
“DUMMY SHUT UP”
...you're right, you can't argue with people like you since you're a useless football-loving ultras...
…sorry for the spelling errors (which bother your lion friend so much), but I am illiterate and also dull…
And do you consider yourself the polite and calm one? You're lucky there isn't a moderator here otherwise they would have already banned you on your first EXALTED post.
@Allonzo but who taught you education? Your stupid comments are truly hilarious.
??
lyon….
but what do you keep messing around with this boat….
iphone…….
as if I had to give an image of you…
EVERYONE UNDERSTOOD YOU'RE JUST AN INFLATED BALLOON!
:-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
but maybe... weren't you that little man photographed some time ago on Rossi's boat???
lyon
are you a broken record..., always the same slobs, empty, useless and dull?
like Rossi's performances in the last two years...
Bull
why does your life change when Rossi wins????
you're really in a bad way...
ok lyon
You've been frequenting this site for twenty days, so you don't know much of the background, they've started to offend me just because I think differently, if Rossi is having two lousy championships it's certainly not my fault, nor even all of Ducati's, I think that even in the final things will change, so the arguments of the discussions, I think, will remain the same... it's not our fault if Rossi wasn't able to ride a Ducati
the rest is all bullshit!!!
believe that Precious has never listened to Rossi and Burges…
but how do you do it!!!!
It's you fans who, in order to defend Rossi, tell it to each other...
when stoner fell in ducati I never blamed the bike
the bike is what it is, the rider must understand its merits and limitations...
At this point either Valentino is bluffing or he really feels that his morale has deteriorated a bit... I hope not, he has to win the last title.
What advice would you give to your successor at Ducati?
"In my opinion, more advice should be given to Ducati."
One for all?
"Instead of believing 100 percent what is written on the computer, we should listen more to what the pilots say."
Here is everything that has been discussed in recent times…
Preziosi must be downsized otherwise Ducati won't win in 30 years...
Hello
I totally understand what you say.
the complete interview of 46 is very different, he questions himself (himself) on the real ability to drive fast, in the meantime he comes back (thanks to his uncle) with his tail between his legs and as number 2 and my word he will never do this again 4th place with a winning motorbike. for professors who don't have discussion material apart from 9 titles or something like that, they are asked not to bother with grammar or apostrophes and various bullshit, as ignorance is what they DON'T see. and from tonight the fun starts again !!!!!!!!!!!!!
what you say is correct, I was just pointing out that for a few days we have been discussing what the solution is to make Ducati competitive and, in my opinion, Valentino's suggestion is a lot of stuff... among other things it was the same as that of all the centaurs who have driven for them in recent years.
Then Rossi's humility is a good thing, obviously at 33 years old and after what happened last year at Sic he too will have asked himself a few more questions...
We'll see if he can regain the shine he had a few years ago..
Hello
so the problems are not just Ducati's, but have we had to deal with a rider who was psychologically affected by the passing of the dear Sic and old (?) 33 year old? my suspicions have always been: if you are strong you don't fear your teammate, if you have left you fear him.
...it's simpler...Ducati doesn't listen to the riders, I'm 33 years old and I want to understand if it's me who isn't doing as well as I used to or it's simply due to my employers.
When in doubt, I go where I've been good for years and, since I'll have a phenomenal partner, to understand if I'm competitive.
PS don't underestimate the fact that after D16 many people moved on to something else...
Hello
And so, after the various admissions:
– we don't know why the bike runs better in the wet;
– we don't know why there is no feeling;
– we don't know why it's hard to bend;
– we don't know why we lie down on the bump during braking at Silverstone;
– we don't know why I locked the front at the Corkscrew;
– we don't know why Barbera is faster in qualifying;
– we don't know why...",
we have arrived at the last one (Valentino's textual words) reported above from last June 3rd.
From which a question arises spontaneously: "since you still haven't fully understood the capricious character of the desmo, why did you make the request for changes?" NOT KNOWING, MAYBE IT WAS NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND before demanding "feeling" changes. Never did the "duo" have the idea that they were wrong and that it was neither the carbon nor the frame nor the swingarm that was the culprit, given that the bike with the aluminum frame was further away from the opponents than the first carbon GP11 .
Now with this latest admission, which I repeat dates back to last June 3rd, Valentino seems to have changed his opinion on the fact that the Ducati wasn't working because it was too rigid and abrupt; attention seems to be directed in a completely different direction. He is rather mellifluous in his statement, he no longer makes any accusations as he had done up until then. Then notice the plural that he uses “we want to understand”. AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF ROSSI AND BURGESS ARE STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. Here's the thing. Before demanding changes you must understand what determines certain erratic behavior of the motorbike and consequently how to remedy it. Only then can you invest in Ducati technicians (Preziosi) for the appropriate modifications. It is the crew chief (Burgess) who directs the development: the pilot (Rossi) only gives voice to the symptoms.
However, they should have understood this in time, now it seems to me it's too late.
But yes, it's much easier to blame the failure on Preziosi
I think you're a bit of a Taliban...
the bike has always been like this with or without Rossi.
The fact that Stoner achieved results only masked the fact that the bike has always been "tough" for everyone.
That Preziosi has his responsibilities is obvious given that he is the designer.
That Rossi, by his own admission, was unable to push himself further is true, but Hayden who, as written below, in 2010 beat stoner 7 times out of 18 in practice, still goes too slow for his standards.
My opinion: even Stoner would get little from this bike, certainly more than Rossi, but still not much.
I repeat, Preziosi only listens to himself and his intuitions, but then unfortunately others have to get on the bike.
Hello
calling the Taliban for two truths seems excessive to me, however from the canaries it is not an offense.
the 46 has NEVER made a difference on a modest hayden that's the crux of it. so if the D16 is this wreck like some would have you believe, I'll just say one thing: a victory over Ducati is worth as much as a world championship (of the 9) titles always waved.
1st I'm not a Rossi fan or canary as you say.
2nd Hayden is not modest, he is the 2006 world champion in MotoGP and, as I have repeated several times, he was ahead of Stoner in Ducati several times both in testing and in the race in 2010.
3rd the D16 is not a wreck, it has simply been surpassed in development by two Japanese giants who have much more money and work in a much more analytical way than Ducati engineers.
4th Rossi was unable to ride the motorbike and was lost and/or depressed in these two years.
Hello
you have fun with little!
but who is this uncle you keep mentioning? Do you have sources in the CIA? Israeli Mossad?
let us also understand that we don't connect much but we see that you always mention the exact same things!
…u ziì melu!!!
I see him as toned instead, humble enough to try again
and I make 2 predictions:
-2013 with nice brawls like they used to see in the old days
-if it rains a lot before the end of the championship he'll kill himself just to win at least once with the Ducati (it would be nice!)
For me it's a mere question of driving style.
Hayden started 2010 times ahead of Casey in 7 and was making his debut on the red, so he is by far the best second driver to have driven the D16.
To put it briefly, the "USA" riding style is much more suited to riding the D16 than that of riders who come from the world championship, also proven by the fact that Stoner was beaten by Pedrosa in 250, while on the Ducati I think the good Dani would get tons of pay...
Valentino himself on the Ducati has always shown a certain awkwardness and lack of fluidity, something that had honestly never been seen in all the years he has been in the world championship.
We'll have to wait and see, but I have the feeling that, having freed ourselves from the burden of having to make the Desmo16 competitive, we will see another driver in these 8 remaining races too... I don't know but I have this thing going on in my head, for me something will click in his head.
Hello
Yes, but Hayden no longer achieves the same results as a few years ago, is it because he's getting older or is there something else?
Valentino has to find himself again, being 34 or 35 years old is not being old... he just has to regain confidence in his own abilities, Lorenzo is very fast, but in duels Valentino is number 1, he will start as number 2 in the team, but YAMAHA knows how important it is for its image to have a winning Rossi... in my opinion Vale can win...
what Rossi avoids saying,
is that he knows very well that he is capable of winning again,
and also avoid saying that if he failed in ducati it is also his fault...
everyone is strong with japs...
“Everyone is strong with Japs…”
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU SAYING!!!,,!,,!!,,!???:?;”;”/”/”*%*€*€*”;???????
Aeneas
IT'S USELESS TO SAY: "THERE ARE A LOT OF VERY STRONG RIDERS" WITHOUT STONER FOR NEXT YEAR HE ALREADY HAS 50% LESS DIFFICULTY...
AND IN ANY CASE DUCATI REMAINS A LOSER...
AND IN HONDA TEAM REPSOL THEY CLOSED THE DOOR IN HIS FACE... SO THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT BUT THE YAMAHA... GOOD LUCK…
I completely agree
out of the stoner scene..
only Lorenzo can be able to beat Rossi....
If Rossi beats Lorenzo, the story will start that his uncle secretly helps him..!
I, on the other hand, would have gone to Gresini with the official Honda.
...unfortunately this legend of the uncle and the special erasers will never end...
imagine if Michelin starts making special tires for someone who criticizes tires and switches to Bridgestone the following year...
Even though I'm not a Rossi fan, I have to say that some just don't know how to lose... it looks like a football forum!!
Rossi, like it or not, was a great motorcyclist and even if he doesn't do much next year, that wouldn't cancel out a crazy career. Then surely at times he should give less bullshit, but on a motorbike he is a spectacle.
Frankly, I much prefer the old-fashioned riders like Capirossi, Rayney, Lawson, Swhantz, Roberts to which I add Lorenzo, who fought hard on the track, but didn't cause a controversy off it. I'm sorry that Rossi always tends to exaggerate a little but, as a fan, he made me enjoy it a lot (as a stoner after all).
Hello
In my opinion they have informants who reveal all these mysteries about the tires made in the factory and brought to the track on their uncle etc. only to them. etc. !!!
Crutchlow is pissed off at Ducati...and yet he's never raced with them...and they've already pissed him off for how they treated him...another example of how Ducati treats their riders...crazy stuff...They're keeping Hayden because he doesn't say never anything...and yet he also knows that the bike he rides is a mess...in fact he is happy if he finishes sixth or seventh...poor Dovi...stay in Tech3 because in Ducati they don't listen to you anyway...!!
Unfortunately the management of the Ducati riders is truly absurd... then perhaps with Guareschi in Suppo's place it has even gotten worse.
Do you remember Canepa? made his debut at 2 years old directly from the tricycle to the Ducati-branded MotoGP.... Burned forever...
Capirossi in his first year so-so...kicked out!
Melandri..no comment, Gibernau from Vice Champion to Pippone in two months
Bayliss and Checa dumped on the first try,
Stoner let go like he was an idiot..
Rossi is today's history.
Only Hayden resists because he doesn't breathe... my goodness...
If Honda did the same to find a rider we would have to go to Mars
the honda? Nooo, that domestic shit that makes the rules change at will, not to mention the 125 and 250 categories in moto 1 and 2 because it took a beating from Aprilia, Gilera, KTM etc. The same one who changed the displacement at will in MotoGP and the same one who dumped Dovizioso for Repsol's shit. Do we want to talk about his pilots always dumped for the money? Itoh, Beattie, Aoki etc.
STEP 1: connect your brain before speaking
If there is a mafia and dishonest company it is Honda..
Honda sucks, it was a way of saying that if all the houses burned down the riders like Ducati did from 2003 to today would have to call you and me to fill the MotoGP grid..
stoner let go like he was an idiot??'
maybe you meant red!!!!!!!!!!!!
ahahahahahahahahahaa
why do you think they did everything to keep stoners?
good, you're only saying it now that Rossi has failed!
first to spit poison on suppo
now onto guareschi!!!
but shame on you!
Look, and I tell you with my heart in my hand, as an Italian I have always supported Ducati, but Precious and Guareschi are absolutely unsuitable for the role they hold and the sooner they bring in someone else the better.
You'll see that Audi makes a clean sweep of both as soon as the season ends.
The way I see it, everyone can express what they think, they didn't turn out to be up to it.
Hello
and while I'm at it I'll tell you that I'm happy that an Italian rider is driving the red one, so I'll be rooting for Dovi even if unfortunately I already know that he'll make a mess too.
You're just a fool!!! You go back to Yamaha just because you don't know how to win without a super competitive bike and then they call you a champion, but champion of what?... the real champion is a stoner because he's the only one who managed to win with the Ducati, taking it to great levels but only on merit his… You're rubbish!
After reading your comments in religious silence for several days, today I decide to say something:
GO GOEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
But who cares about the dedicated spare wheel, the best bike etc etc...
If he did it, the others could do it too, right?!? And if they haven't been able to do it, that's why they're SECONDS!
For the rest I only hope for good races....
bravo!
what you didn't understand and that even in normal life certain things can happen..
and maybe you won't even come second...
Answer to wif and lupialberto
you went to watch the horse races you don't understand shit...
gnaw… gnaw…. PIRLAAA..