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Maybe the bike is more dangerous, but the passion for the car for me is second to the bike.

Valentino Rossi

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Valentino Rossi
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: February 16
Motorcycle Racer
Motorcycle Rider
Race Car Driver
Racing Automobile Driver
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Rossi
Bike
Car
Second
Dangerous
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Passion

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I feel 100% a Yamaha rider in my heart. I had a long career and raced with several factory bikes, but the highlight of my career is undoubtedly with Yamaha.
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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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I'm lucky because I don't feel too much pressure - it's only in the last hour before the race, and even then it's good, positive pressure.
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In 2009, I didn't like that Yamaha signed such a young and competitive teammate [Jorge Lorenzo]. But now everything is different. We are more mature. Everyone knows his role and position. Things are clear.
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I'm done with F1 unfortunately. I'm too old, the train has passed
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You look at Moto3, the races are very exciting. Moto2 is fantastic, and then MotoGP is boring.
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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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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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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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If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.
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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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I would have probably stolen cars - it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.
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But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.
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We kept on racing, doing something that Luis [Salom] loved. Fortunately or unfortunately, life goes on.
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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 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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Our sport is dangerous. We risk the life out there, so we need to stay calm and focused and leave all the rest out.
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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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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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Fortunately during my career I have won more or less everything, so I need to enjoy it to have the right motivation.
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