Valentino Rossi & F1

ShakenNstirred said:
if stoner can tame it Rossi can for sure
the other riders that haven't been able to aren't in the same league as Rossi
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Rossi is a legend, but I think Stoner's skill is underrated. That duke is a beast and it was one of the great Eurosport commentators who said he'd never seen throttle control as good as Stoner.

Still, Rossi could get on anything with 2 wheels and make it go fast.. it sure would be interesting to see.
 
Tim said:
I never knew Rossi was that good in a car.
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He's extremely talented. I think you'd be surprised how many motorsport skills are cross-discipinary. Lots of drivers who've been in F1 cars have excelled in other series or moved on to perform well elsewhere.
 
This year would have been good if he'd switched codes, up against Schuey, Button, Hamilton, Massa and Alonso - more talent, the better. Whether or not he'd switch is anyone's guess, it'd have to be a damn good reason or many many millions of them.
 
Rossi is very good in go karts, he has raced them a fair bit I think

Would be great to see him in F1 and Schui's return proves that you should never say never!
 
gord said:
Still, Rossi could get on anything with 2 wheels and make it go fast.. it sure would be interesting to see.
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Remember reading an interview with the guy who was heading up Kawasaki's MotoGP project a couple of years ago that he reckoned Rossi would be able to win races on it...must have been great if you were a signed rider with Kwak at the time!.
:o

As for Rossi, as mentioned i think it'll be rallying when he gives up on bikes, for one i don't think the power that be would let him get up to all his malarkey post race in F1 :D. Also, i think he will want a championship on another brand of bike before he retires.
:)
 
Duke said:
Luca has piped up again

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=40576

Goodbye Massa?
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Crash.net said:
Ferrari has redoubled its efforts to convince record-breaking multiple MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi to switch from two wheels to four - with Luca di Montezemolo revealing he 'would do everything' to get the FIAT Yamaha star into a third scarlet machine in F1 2011
'The Doctor' himself might repeatedly dismiss the notion, his FIAT Yamaha team boss Davide Brivio might fear it and the chances of three-car teams in F1 2011 might be as remote as ever – but undeterred, Ferrari has sent out its boldest signal yet that it wants record-breaking multiple MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi competing in one of its scarlet cars next year.

Rumours of an eventual transition from the pinnacle of international two-wheeled racing to its four-wheeled equivalent have been rife in motorsport paddocks around the world for some time, fuelled by a number of Ferrari testing outings for the Italian in recent years.

The latest of those – around Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya aboard a two-year-old F2008 back in January – saw Rossi impressively close to barely two tenths of a second shy of the lap record around the track, set by Kimi Raikkonen, and to within a tenth of the Finn's 2008 Spanish Grand Prix pole position benchmark.

Still the insistence from the 30-year-old Urbino native is that his head will not be turned and that his immediate future lies in motorcycling and in the longer-term perhaps rallying – but equally, still the famous Prancing Horse is seemingly refusing to take 'no' for an answer...

“We want a third car and I would do everything to have Valentino,” the Scuderia's president Luca di Montezemolo is quoted as having said by Reuters. “When he wins this year's MotoGP, enough is enough – he must also win in Formula 1.”
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Daddys!

Smit said:
I can't see Ferrari getting rid of Massa for Rossi.
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I have to agree here...

jon.bda said:
Remember reading an interview with the guy who was heading up Kawasaki's MotoGP project a couple of years ago that he reckoned Rossi would be able to win races on it...must have been great if you were a signed rider with Kwak at the time!.
:o

As for Rossi, as mentioned i think it'll be rallying when he gives up on bikes, for one i don't think the power that be would let him get up to all his malarkey post race in F1 :D. Also, i think he will want a championship on another brand of bike before he retires.
:)
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If Rossi went to Kawasaki at that time then it would be them in Yamahas position;) He has announced before that Rallying would probably be the bet after MotoGP, but has also statedthat F1 is still a passion.

As for MotoGP Suzuki or Ducati are the only options left, and to be honest an Italian in 'red' is a dream come true for most Italians, whether it's 2 or 4 wheels remain to be seen.

Personally I seem him on 4 wheels when his contract is over with yamaha.;)
 
I hope he goes to Ducati tbh, but only as long as he takes Jeremy Burgess with him...i do think he is very much responsible for getting Vale to where he is today.

As for a permanent switch to F1, i'm sure the Italians/F1 fans would love it (if only to have someone with a bit of character in the pitlane! :D) but times against him really, and i have no doubt that he would only want to go somewhere where he was confident he could hand everyone he races aganst their arses and was in with a championship shout.
:)
P.S. If only they allowed wildcards in F1, he could do the rounds that didn't clash and everyone would be happy!.
 
jon.bda said:
I hope he goes to Ducati tbh, but only as long as he takes Jeremy Burgess with him...i do think he is very much responsible for getting Vale to where he is today.

As for a permanent switch to F1, i'm sure the Italians/F1 fans would love it (if only to have someone with a bit of character in the pitlane! :D) but times against him really, and i have no doubt that he would only want to go somewhere where he was confident he could hand everyone he races aganst their arses and was in with a championship shout.
:)
P.S. If only they allowed wildcards in F1, he could do the rounds that didn't clash and everyone would be happy!.
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Burgess took Doohan to success, so yes he has had a lot to do with Rossi's;) and that was one reason that Rossi stated in taking him and other crewe (from 125/250cc) with him to Yamaha.
 
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