Lifetime Achievement Award for Valentino Rossi at the event for the 110th anniversary of the Italian Motorcycle Federation. The Doctor: “Honored to have made motorcycling known also to the elderly and children”
Valentino Rossi is full of commitments who lives in the weeks following his retirement: after Eicma with the One more lap event, the 100 km of Champions won paired with his brother Luca Marini, a visit to the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella and tests private individuals with an Audi R8 Lms in Valencia, for the Doctor it was the turn of the Doctor to receive the career award conferred on him by the Italian Motorcycle Federation on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the IMF. And it is precisely of the Valencia tests that Valentino begins to speak once he is called on the stage.
Valentino and the transition to four wheels
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“It was nice to start again from Valencia, where I ended my career in MotoGP two weeks earlier” – begins Valentino, as if to imply that the transition from two to four wheels was a natural step. “I enjoyed it and I lapped on the same times as with the MotoGP. It is true that I will race with cars, but I will miss the bikes very much. I will continue to ride with the boys, even if it is starting to become a problem, as they go faster and faster and I, due to age limits, slower and slower.
Valentino on Tony Cairoli and Sergio Mattarella
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Valentino celebrates his 9 world titles by sharing them with the 9 of another great Italian sport champion, Antonio Cairoli: “It makes me strange but it’s also nice to stop at the same time as Tony, we have always competed with the victories even though he has arrived. a little after me – being 6 years younger, ed -. I invited him to the Ranch, he came a long time ago and he was busy last week, but we’ll be back to have fun together ”. The Doctor then admits: “Yes, the meeting with Sergio Mattarella was very exciting. When you enter the Quirinale you feel that there is something special. The President was nice, he said a lot of nice words to us riders ”.
Valentino Rossi: the prediction on Formula 1
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In an motorsport weekend like that of December 12, one question could only be about the prediction for what will be remembered as the endless challenge between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen in Formula 1: “It will be a historic race, I looked at the qualifying and they were beautiful. It was since the 70s that two riders had not reached the last race on equal points, so it will be an unmissable race ”, says Valentino. Who then continues: “I personally care a little more for Hamilton, because I know him, Verstappen instead I don’t know him. It is certain that they are two great riders, Verstappen’s pole is heavy, but everything is still open ”.
Valentino Rossi, his popularity and winter
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“My greatest satisfaction is having introduced motorcycling to those who knew nothing about motorcycles. A lot of people have approached this world and started following the bikes also thanks to me. It was a great thrill and an honor to see that from the elderly ladies up to the small children it was a great thrill and an honor since for me the bike was the thing that gave me the most joy “. But Vale has given up in a manner of speaking, because on January 8 he will be on track at the 12 Hours of the Gulf in Abu Dhabi in the Ferrari of the Kessel team. The teammates will be the long-time friend Uccio and his brother Luca Marini, but “this winter I would like to go skiing for a while, because last year we couldn’t go”.
Santa soon
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“The career award is a beautiful thing but also a bit sad, because you understand that you have finished racing on a motorcycle,” says Valentino at the end of the event. “I am happy to have been here in Riccione, near my home, for this great event, also because in recent years we have been working closely with the Federation, with President Copioli and all the staff, we are helping many Italian kids to arrive at the World Cup “. And for the future: “The days after Valencia were a bit difficult, because you understand it’s over, you’ve stopped and you won’t be riding a MotoGP anymore. But I have many plans, I will race in the car in 2022 and my baby will be born. I’m not sure what to do to prepare to become a father, but I’ll let you know ”, concludes Valentino with a laugh.
12 December – 08:41
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