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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.

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Valentino Rossi
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: February 16
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I never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.
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I was lucky. My father raced bikes. He gave me the passion very early. I had my first bike when I was three or four years old.
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I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
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The tragic incident of Luis Salom reminds us that our sport, our passion, is dangerous. We know it but, in a way, we don't think about it.
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Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn't have had this passion to be a rider.
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I'm Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.
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I'm very happy because I won a lot. I've won races and lived in a world that just gave me joy, so I remember it very positively.
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How do Ferrari know what I'm doing next year when I don't know what I'm doing next week?
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I try to have a different relationship with the bike. I don't give it a name, but I always speak with it. I don't know if the other riders do the same. This is not only a piece of metal - there is a soul. The bike talks back too. But not with a voice, with the components
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