Valentino Rossi Years Quotations

If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.

How do Ferrari know what I'm doing next year when I don't know what I'm doing next week?

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

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.

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