FRANCE: MOTOR CYCLE RACING - PARIS PRESS CONFERENCE BY VALENTINO ROSSI AHEAD OF THIS WEEKENDS FRENCH MOTOGP GRAND PRIX.

Record ID: 647651

  • Title: FRANCE: MOTOR CYCLE RACING - PARIS PRESS CONFERENCE BY VALENTINO ROSSI AHEAD OF THIS WEEKENDS FRENCH MOTOGP GRAND PRIX.
  • Date: 12th May 2005
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (12 MAY 2005) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. VALENTINO ROSSI POSING IN FROMT OF THE EIFEL TOWER 2. VALENTINO ROSSI'S YAMAHA BIKE, VALENTINO ROSSI ARRIVING AT PRESS CONFERENCE 3. PHOTOGRAPHERS 4. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) VALENTINO ROSSI SAYING: "Olivier was a great surprise for all, I think, because after almost one year that he did not race a bike, he arrived in Shanghai and made it straight into the podium. Probably his exclusion from the MotoGP was unfair, because a pilot who has always been good necessarily has a good potential." 5. CUTAWAY 6. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) VALENTINO ROSSI SAYING: "I am very happy to work for Yamaha because it is a great team and has a wonderful atmosphere. Now I only think of next year, I hope the contract will be signed soon; then we will see." 7. CUTAWAY 8. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) VALENTINO ROSSI SAYING: "I think when one thinks one has become a perfect pilot, that is when the problems start. The best motivation is to constantly try to improve, to become better and faster. Those are the things for which I race. I hope I can still improve." 9. VALENTINO ROSSI POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS (VARIOUS) 10. ROSSI POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS ON DECK Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 27th May 2005 13:00
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  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVA5K60KGZME8FS4GE95WQKX12B4
  • Story Text: MotoGP mega star Valentino Rossi has given a press
    conference in Paris.



    Four-time World 500cc World Champion Valentino Rossi
    goes into the weekend's French Grand Prix at Le Mans
    confident he can keep ahead of his major rivals.

    Although both Spaniard Sete Gibernau and
    French Olivier Jacque both may have good reasons to hope to
    slow down Valentino at Le Mans, the Italian has no
    intention of letting either of them steal any of the
    limelight. The world champion has powered his Yamaha to
    victory in two of the opening three rounds, living up to
    his reputation in the dangerous sport.

    " Olivier was a great surprise for all, I
    think, because after almost one year that he did not race a
    bike, he arrived in Shanghai and made it straight into the
    podium. Probably his exclusion from the MotoGP was unfair,
    because a pilot who has always been good necessarily has a
    good potential", Rossi said.

    His greatest rival so far has been his
    compatriot Marco Melandri, Gibernau's team-mate in the
    Honda Movistar stable. Former world 250cc champion Melandri
    has scored two podioum finishes and is second in the
    championship, 25 points behind Rossi. The only rider to
    have beaten Rossi this season is Brazil's Alex Barros, from
    the Camel Honda team, who won in Portugal.

    Rossi added : "I am very happy to work for
    Yamaha because it is a great team and has a wonderful
    atmosphere. Now I only think of next year, I hope the
    contract will be signed soon; then we will see."
    Rossi, who joined Yamaha from Honda at the
    start of the 2004 season, quickly stunned the world by
    becoming the first rider in the history of the sport to win
    back-to-back premier class races for different manufacturers.

    On his constant motivation to keep winning he
    said : "I think when one thinks one has become a perfect
    pilot, that is when the problems start. The best motivation
    is to constantly try to improve, to become better and
    faster. Those are the things for which I race. I hope I can still
    improve."


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