VALENTINO ROSSI 2018 MOTIVATION
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No thanks. I would assume you post these ...... rip off videos on all the gp forum but yet you only have 26 view and dorna will be pulling your .... within the day. Byeeeeee
I don't get this 'what is his motivation' business.
Everyone talks like this guy is old. He's only late 30's ffs. I wish I was back in my late 30's, albeit without the problems I was having then, haha.
If he's in great shape, not in pain, making tons of dough, having fun - why the hell would he quit?
Ya, he's not as cutting edge as he once was but he's ahead of most of the field and can probably tell himself if things had just gone his way a little bit he'd be in front of everyone.
And all the negative thoughts towards him (justified, in my opinion) don't get through the protective bubble he's got around himself.* He basks in the love of millions.
So why the mystery about why he keeps going?
*also, with an iPad stand like Uccio on his side. That has to give you strength to continue.
Everyone talks like this guy is old. He's only late 30's ffs. I wish I was back in my late 30's, albeit without the problems I was having then, haha.
If he's in great shape, not in pain, making tons of dough, having fun - why the hell would he quit?
Ya, he's not as cutting edge as he once was but he's ahead of most of the field and can probably tell himself if things had just gone his way a little bit he'd be in front of everyone.
And all the negative thoughts towards him (justified, in my opinion) don't get through the protective bubble he's got around himself.* He basks in the love of millions.
So why the mystery about why he keeps going?
*also, with an iPad stand like Uccio on his side. That has to give you strength to continue.
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Will he throw it down the road in flames in Losail, might have to book it to see. :ninja:
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Its pretty realistic ....
Im assuming in this list of awesomness where rossi is in 28th ..
Stoner is #1
Marquez 2
Lorenzo 3
Wine and Ales 4
Pedro 5
Etc ...
Gee even Miller whoops him!
Ps. I cant work out if Tonya or Hitler are 25 and or 26 ...
Im assuming in this list of awesomness where rossi is in 28th ..
Stoner is #1
Marquez 2
Lorenzo 3
Wine and Ales 4
Pedro 5
Etc ...
Gee even Miller whoops him!
Ps. I cant work out if Tonya or Hitler are 25 and or 26 ...
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Risking life and limb when you've already achieved so much is odd. Typically, riders at that age seem to lose a spark, especially after suffering an injury.
More commonly, riders with the desire to continue simply cannot keep up with the younger generation. Rossi's very high raw ability in his prime meant that a Rossi past his best years is still very capable (if not as capable as a prime MM).
I think his relative lack of serious injuries also helps (two leg breaks aren't too bad for a career of that length. This is because he crashes very little, but he has been fortunate too. Compare his injury list to JL or DP, for example!). For example, JL and DP's injuries negatively affected their speed. JL's double collarbone disaster in 2013 has made him very cautious in mixed conditions. DP's virtually certain injury incurrence every time he falls off the bike (particularly after 2013) has blunted his speed too.
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Yes,I guess that's true. He hasn't become risk averse with age, which is an anomaly.
His speed at Aragon was especially odd. The guy isn't some young rider trying to fight for a factory ride, or a rider in the championship fight. His ride is pretty secure, and he'd be forgiven for being off the pace and a little cautious after a leg break - but then he was fighting for the win after qualifying on the front row. It's strange to see him risk so much when another fall could truly shatter his leg badly.
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Not especially, Michael Schumacher came back to the Malaysian Grand Prix in 1999 having been off for 7 races and promptly qualified on pole by nearly a second from his team mate.
Rossi was competitive on his return from a broken leg in 2010. As he was at Aragon last yr. Jack Miller returned from a broken leg and qualified the highest he'd been all season and led the first 1/3 of the race.
Maybe having a break mid season refreshes these guys, and allows them to come back faster than if they had been running the full schedule and not getting a rest.
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Well he's got to throw caution to the wind to win the 10th, there's to many more able to but the mockers on that.
Cars are so different in terms of risk though. His broken leg is literally touching (through a knee slider) the ground at 200km/h plus...
Yak was awesome at PI, but he's was a young guy fighting for a ride and fighting to prove himself. I could understand if some of these young demons were foolhardy, but this guy has a lot more to lose after having won and accomplished so much.
Yeah, that could partly explain it. Maybe being away from the bike ad watching rivals win also gets them more desperate to jump back on the thing too.
It's a huge factor, unquestionably. He also seems to genuinely love the taste of victory. It's a mix of a visceral thirst for victory, and a massive ego.
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I guess the same could be said about any rider, but that alone doesn't explain why VR is still there at this age.
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As has been said, ego is the main thing. He is the biggest fish in the pond, and to boot he's getting paid handsomely to race the worlds best motorcycles. Who would leave that?
There are three reasons for retiring.
1. You get sick of what you are doing and decide to leave. E.G. Stoner
2. Injury. Eg Doohan
3. Your employer kicks you out. Eg Schumacher at Ferrari in 06
Rossi's ego loves what he does, he is in good health and his employer has told him there is a bike for as long as HE wants it. Don't forget that 99% of other riders would have been finished after Rossi's performance on the Ducati. Any other rider (Hayden is a prime example) would have had a few years max on a privateer bike then been kicked out to the weeds/WSBK. Hayden was a world champion and never got a lifeline back to a competitive factory bike like Rossi has.
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