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To win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races.

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Valentino Rossi
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: February 16
Motorcycle Racer
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I'm done with F1 unfortunately. I'm too old, the train has passed
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I'm really happy, and beating Marc [Marquez] at the very last chicane gives me an extra boost.
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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 am focused on racing. I enjoy it. It's a great feeling to be back fighting for the title.
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Barcelona is a special track. I have always loved the layout of the circuit, but also the atmosphere and the fans are special. It has always been good fun.
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I am completely focused on being strong, riding fast, and enjoying myself. With the new generation of riders, only the chronometer counts. I need to be faster than them on track.
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The most important thing is to have a good relationship with the bike... you have to understand what she wants. I think of a motorcycle as a woman, and I know that sounds silly, but it's true.
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It's a big, big advantage because understanding what changes we might make takes time and it takes time to work out settings and to understand everything about the new machine.
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I have designs I like applied to my helmet, motorcycle, riding suits, gloves,and boots. I have a designer friend of mine put the designs on them for me. I think a livery on the helmet is significant in expressing a rider's personality.
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To be a great motorbike racer, the most important thing is passion for the bike.
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In 2002 the Yamaha was at more or less the same level as the Honda, better in some ways, worse in others. But in the winter of last year between 2002 and 2003, Honda made a big step forward and it seemed as if Yamaha couldn't quite match that improvement.
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But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.
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I would have probably stolen cars - it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.
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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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It is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on
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I have won on Honda and Yamaha so maybe it is interesting to win with a third team, Ducati, who are Italian.
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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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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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