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Rossi speaks out over Lorenzo contract

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whats this Vale some Moaning..UH.Bahh.

More Coals onto the 2010 silly season fire..lol

EIGHT-TIME motorcycle World Champion Valentino Rossi has spoken of his disppointment at Yamaha's decision to extend Jorge Lorenzo's contract.

Rossi has admitted he's not chuffed by the decision, stating that it's unusual for a team to have two major players in the same squad:

“Usually the big manufacturers in the last years have always just one top rider each. In Yamaha, we are two … so this is a different strategy that can bring good results, but also big disaster,” said Rossi, in an exclusive interview at Misano.

“I always try to make a great work for developing the bike, and I usually make the work just for me. But now I am also doing it for my worst enemy,” he said, tongue-in-cheek.

<u>“Sincerely, I think I don’t deserve this after what I have done for Yamaha. But this is the Yamaha choice …</u>

“I have to decide about my future with motorcycles at the beginning of June next year – whether I will continue, whether it will be with Yamaha or if I change …" said Rossi, hinting at a move to F1.

“Before I never thought of going out of Yamaha, but now with this situation with Lorenzo, I have to make a decision,” he said.

And we all know what happened when Rossi got the hump with Honda back in 2003.
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Rossi is a very competitive person, ypou would have to be to win as many championship/races as he has. No very competitive person likes to sleep with the enemy. Lorenzo is the next biggest tallent in motogp, he is not as good as rossi yet but he is learning and its only a matter of time. Although stoner was a brief threat they could plot against him because he was on a different bike/team. With lorenzo next door and probably sharing information its bound to rattle rossi's feathers.

you cant blame yamaha though. know one wants to throw all there eggs into one basket. Having the 2 best in your team pretty much guarantees a podium every race, that keep sponsors very happy and that keeps the cash flowing.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (gsfan @ Sep 8 2009, 05:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>How loud will he be crying when Spies comes aboard?
well spies cant go straight to the factory team and i doubt he will be much of a threat on the tech 3
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I expect rossi to retire after that, maybe that all in spies planning/timing
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chopperman @ Sep 8 2009, 05:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>well spies cant go straight to the factory team and i doubt he will be much of a threat on the tech 3
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I expect rossi to retire after that, maybe that all in spies planning/timing
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I don't know. Rossi isn't a quitter and he may view hgimself as being such at this point in the next year.
 
I have lost a bit respect for him, than again he is telling it like it is. I'm not sure what will be happening next year, will Lorenzo or even Rossi have cracked, will they be friends off the track, or enemies 100% of the time?
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pigeon @ Sep 8 2009, 04:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>And we all know what happened when Rossi got the hump with Honda back in 2003.
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I wonder if the comedy convict hat, the ball and chain and the polystyrene hammer and rocks are tucked away somewhere in Tavullia? I shall be watching future victory celebrations with increased interest.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Anders GUZZI @ Sep 8 2009, 08:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Hopefully Rossi finally goes to Ducati then?
That would be something.
Not even in your wildest dreams.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chopperman @ Sep 8 2009, 07:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Not even in your wildest dreams.
Who knows?In his last year,
If Ducati and Honda catches up on Yamaha maybe he would choose Ducati over Honda?
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chopperman @ Sep 8 2009, 08:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Not even in your wildest dreams.
Admit it Rog, you'd love to see it, as would we all.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chopperman @ Sep 8 2009, 07:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Not even in your wildest dreams.
Rossi is fanning the fires. But never forget he is Italian. Those of you who are not don't understand the loyalty thing as we do capice?
 
Rossi is saying it as it is. Of course he doesn't want to be in the same team with a rider who will soon be just as fast as he is. I wonder how much motivation he would have to write a new contract with another Moto GP team if he wins the championship again this season. Could be that 2010 will be Rossi's final season in moto gp. F1 still isn't completely impossible, I guess.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (alex29 @ Sep 8 2009, 09:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Rossi and Stoner swap seats for 2011

BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!
I wonder if they would get rid of Stoner and bring Rossi in since he is getting a bit long in the tooth. BUT I would love to see Vale there even if they only made it a one man team. It would be awesome to see Nicky and Vale teamed up again.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Arrabbiata1 @ Sep 8 2009, 09:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Admit it Rog, you'd love to see it, as would we all.
Of course id love to see it , but it aint ever going to happen. theres more chance of rossi going to race lawnmowers than switch manufacture in motogp again
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Unless yamaha make lorenzo #1 and pay him more of course
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chopperman @ Sep 8 2009, 09:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Of course id love to see it , but it aint ever going to happen. theres more chance of rossi going to race lawnmowers than switch manufacture in motogp again
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Unless yamaha make lorenzo #1 and pay him more of course
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Well they at Yamaha already started with giving Jorge a year contract. That is what started this shitstorm. The japanese don't really have a huge loyalty thing, .... I don't think any of the teams really do for any one rider. Even though Vale and Burgess made that bike the way it is. Plus they would not have had Jeremy there if it had not been for Vale. Me thinks Vale wants one final challenge and the poeticness of the whole thing is so sweet.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chopperman @ Sep 8 2009, 09:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Of course id love to see it , but it aint ever going to happen. theres more chance of rossi going to race lawnmowers than switch manufacture in motogp again
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Unless yamaha make lorenzo #1 and pay him more of course
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Actually, as we speak, the word is Dorna already have plans afoot to unveil a new cost cutting formula......
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Traverser @ Sep 8 2009, 01:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I have lost a bit respect for him, than again he is telling it like it is. I'm not sure what will be happening next year, will Lorenzo or even Rossi have cracked, will they be friends off the track, or enemies 100% of the time?

Rossi does seem a little grumpy this year, even though things are going well for him on the track.

Julian Ryder has reported Rossi making smart-assed comments about other riders following him, particularly Dovi at Donnington and the Gresini riders during practice and qualifying. This coming from a racer famous for following competitors during races in order to assess their strengths and weaknesses.