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Rossi - Today’s Racers Not Men But Children
http://moto-racing.speedtv.com/article/motogp-valentino-rossi-todays-racers-not-men-but-children/
By: Colin Young, Posted May 11, 2011
Seven-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi claims that many of his present-day rivals are (wimps) and acting like children.
Rossi's views come in advance of Sunday's French Grand Prix at Le Mans and in the aftermath of the verbal fireworks that dominated last week's Portuguese GP.
The living legend was part of that ill-tempered commentary in his stoush with Casey Stoner while Jorge Lorenzo and Marco Simoncelli staged a separate war of words.
Lorenzo triggered a heated exchange with an impromptu rant against what he reckons are Simoncelli's overly aggressive riding tactics. But Rossi claims that many of Simoncelli's moves are just part of racing tough, like it was in the 1980s and '90s.
"The problem for me is that a big part of MotoGP riders now are (wimps)," Rossi said. "When I grew up looking at the races on television all this (stuff) around the races never happened, the riders then were more men. Now it is like they are children.
"Sometimes, especially in 250s, Simoncelli did some maneuvers at the limit and he is very aggressive. But in MotoGP at Qatar with Dovizioso he was just racing aggressive -- not bad or too much."
Rossi himself has a well-earned reputation as a brutal racer including his track battles with Stoner at Laguna Seca and earlier against one-time friend Sete Gibernau.
"These guys now are speaking before it happens. Motorcycle racing is always strong," he said.
Meanwhile a chilled-out Simoncelli said that Lorenzo's scolding would have no impact on his mental confidence.
"Probably, Lorenzo spoke about me because he hasn’t got anything else to say," Simoncelli said. "It’s so strange. But maybe he sees me as a threat now or he said these things to try and condition my mind for the race, but these tactics have no affect on me.”
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one more article about what Rossi has said about Stoner and today's racing,
Rossi vs Stoner. The battle continues...
http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle...ssi-vs-stoner-the-battle-continues/17974.html
by: Visordown News, 11 May 2011
THE warring MotoGP pair look set to be locking horns for the duration of the season after Valentino Rossi claimed he was blocked by Casey Stoner at Estoril.
In the latest of a series of digs between the two Rossi, who is not one to shy away from fanning the flames for the assembled press, as reported by Sportsmediaset said: “Stoner slightly blocked me again on the line and he did it on purpose, it’s not a big problem, all these spats between the riders in the end are just fun.”
The Italian has always chosen carefully the way with which he orders his rivals when listing them and he singles out Stoner again when discussing the favourites for the championship, "I would say that Lorenzo and Pedrosa have a 50 percent chance of winning the championship but it is still long and we must also consider Stoner."
Speaking after the rows at Estoril, Rossi commented that the new generation of MotoGP riders are all '.......' compared to his two-stroke 500GP heroes. With the complaints from Stoner on his own hard riding tactics and Jorge Lorenzo bemoaning Marco Simoncelli in the front-row press conference for pushing him at Valencia last season.
Valentino said: "It's like Wayne Rainey goes to Kevin Schwantz after Suzuka in 1991 and says, 'Ah - you are not polite!' Or Michael Doohan with Wayne Gardner in Phillip Island after the epic battle they had, 'You are a ........' This is the race. This what happens.
"In the past, this was normal. The riders were more like real men. Now it is more like they are children." concluded Rossi.
Read more: http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle...the-battle-continues/17974.html#ixzz1M9A3WJ00
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http://moto-racing.speedtv.com/article/motogp-valentino-rossi-todays-racers-not-men-but-children/
By: Colin Young, Posted May 11, 2011
Seven-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi claims that many of his present-day rivals are (wimps) and acting like children.
Rossi's views come in advance of Sunday's French Grand Prix at Le Mans and in the aftermath of the verbal fireworks that dominated last week's Portuguese GP.
The living legend was part of that ill-tempered commentary in his stoush with Casey Stoner while Jorge Lorenzo and Marco Simoncelli staged a separate war of words.
Lorenzo triggered a heated exchange with an impromptu rant against what he reckons are Simoncelli's overly aggressive riding tactics. But Rossi claims that many of Simoncelli's moves are just part of racing tough, like it was in the 1980s and '90s.
"The problem for me is that a big part of MotoGP riders now are (wimps)," Rossi said. "When I grew up looking at the races on television all this (stuff) around the races never happened, the riders then were more men. Now it is like they are children.
"Sometimes, especially in 250s, Simoncelli did some maneuvers at the limit and he is very aggressive. But in MotoGP at Qatar with Dovizioso he was just racing aggressive -- not bad or too much."
Rossi himself has a well-earned reputation as a brutal racer including his track battles with Stoner at Laguna Seca and earlier against one-time friend Sete Gibernau.
"These guys now are speaking before it happens. Motorcycle racing is always strong," he said.
Meanwhile a chilled-out Simoncelli said that Lorenzo's scolding would have no impact on his mental confidence.
"Probably, Lorenzo spoke about me because he hasn’t got anything else to say," Simoncelli said. "It’s so strange. But maybe he sees me as a threat now or he said these things to try and condition my mind for the race, but these tactics have no affect on me.”
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one more article about what Rossi has said about Stoner and today's racing,
Rossi vs Stoner. The battle continues...
http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle...ssi-vs-stoner-the-battle-continues/17974.html
by: Visordown News, 11 May 2011
THE warring MotoGP pair look set to be locking horns for the duration of the season after Valentino Rossi claimed he was blocked by Casey Stoner at Estoril.
In the latest of a series of digs between the two Rossi, who is not one to shy away from fanning the flames for the assembled press, as reported by Sportsmediaset said: “Stoner slightly blocked me again on the line and he did it on purpose, it’s not a big problem, all these spats between the riders in the end are just fun.”
The Italian has always chosen carefully the way with which he orders his rivals when listing them and he singles out Stoner again when discussing the favourites for the championship, "I would say that Lorenzo and Pedrosa have a 50 percent chance of winning the championship but it is still long and we must also consider Stoner."
Speaking after the rows at Estoril, Rossi commented that the new generation of MotoGP riders are all '.......' compared to his two-stroke 500GP heroes. With the complaints from Stoner on his own hard riding tactics and Jorge Lorenzo bemoaning Marco Simoncelli in the front-row press conference for pushing him at Valencia last season.
Valentino said: "It's like Wayne Rainey goes to Kevin Schwantz after Suzuka in 1991 and says, 'Ah - you are not polite!' Or Michael Doohan with Wayne Gardner in Phillip Island after the epic battle they had, 'You are a ........' This is the race. This what happens.
"In the past, this was normal. The riders were more like real men. Now it is more like they are children." concluded Rossi.
Read more: http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle...the-battle-continues/17974.html#ixzz1M9A3WJ00
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