quote:Valentino Rossi has moved quickly to dismiss reports claiming the Italian star was going to retire at the end of 2012.
A report in today’s Daily Telegraph claimed Rossi would retire at the end of his second season with Ducati, or even quit before the end of the campaign because of his failure to make the Desmosedici a competitive force in MotoGP.
Rossi has only scored one podium in 20 races for the Bologna factory and earlier this season was critical of technical staff for not following his requests to improve the new 1000cc GP12.
Rossi’s comments in the aftermath of his disappointing 10th place in the season’s opening race in Qatar led to a flood of rumours that he wanted to quit Ducati prior to the end of his contract.
Speculation was rife too that his failure to compete with Casey Stoner, Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo would hasten his decision to retire, having previously stated his intention to race on for at least two more years.
The Daily Telegraph story claimed Rossi had told his father Graziano and former factory Yamaha team boss Davide Brivio that he was going to quit MotoGP after winning nine world titles and 105 races in a career that started back in 1996.
But the 33-year-old took to his official Twitter feed this morning, which has over 850,000 followers, to deny the retirement story and he said: “Ciao guys, the rumors about my retirement at the end of the year are not true! see you in Le Mans.”
It was only last weekend during the Estoril Grand Prix weekend in Portugal that Ducati CEO told MCN of the ‘strong possibility’ that Ducati and Rossi will be together again in 2013.
twitter:ValeYellow46 twitterde op dinsdag 08-05-2012 om 12:21:14 @TobyMoody @MOTOCI_Maroto ciao guys, the rumors about my retirement at the end of the year are not true!see you in Le Mans. reageer retweet
quote:Along with Valentino Rossi, the biggest surprise in terms of poor results so far this season has been the form of Factory Yamaha star Ben Spies.
With a first grand prix win under his belt last year and impressive pace during winter testing on the new 1000cc M1, the American looked set to be a regular podium threat from the start of 2012
Instead Spies heads for this weekend's fourth round at Le Mans just eleventh in the championship standings, but is optimistic his eighth place at Estoril marked the start of a fight-back to the front.
“I'm looking forward to getting back on the bike again this week,” said Spies, sixth at Le Mans last year. “My confidence has been rebuilding well now we've found a good set up that works so I think we can make another step and improve our performance again at Le Mans. It's not my favourite track but I'm going to give it 100% as always to achieve a good result on Sunday.”
Team director Massimo Meregalli believes Spies will join team-mate Jorge Lorenzo at the sharp end of the field in France.
“Ben has not had an easy start to the year but has been working hard with the team to have a competitive set up and to rebuild his confidence. I am sure we will see him fighting with the front pack this weekend,” he declared.
PFff... Nog maar 3 races gehad, Rossi zat in Qatar maar 5 seconden achter Hayden en heeft Hayden op Estoril met 40 seconden verslagen.... Hoezo net zo'n grote teleurstelling als Spies? Lijkt me toch totale onzin.quote:Op maandag 14 mei 2012 21:18 schreef Michael_Moore het volgende:
Meregalli 'sure' Spies will be up front in France
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Wat Spies laat zien is idd nog veel en veel slechter, hij wordt ook helemaal weggereden door beide rijders van Tech 3. Op Le Mans gaat hij ook nooit goed, dus verwacht er weer weinig van.quote:Op dinsdag 15 mei 2012 09:10 schreef Marks het volgende:
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PFff... Nog maar 3 races gehad, Rossi zat in Qatar maar 5 seconden achter Hayden en heeft Hayden op Estoril met 40 seconden verslagen.... Hoezo net zo'n grote teleurstelling als Spies? Lijkt me toch totale onzin.
quote:Valentino Rossi has claimed that MotoGP has become tedious and that World Superbike racing is better after the Donington round of the WSBK championship produced a thriller.
Rossi wrote in Italian via his official twitter account: "What a great brawl in Superbike?"
"Unfortunately, our (MotoGP) races have become much more tedious."
Rossi also said that Moto2 and Moto3 were producing much better racing than the premier class.
World Superbike, World Supersport, Moto2 and Moto3 have all experienced bar-to-bar racing in recent rounds, with as many as five riders in contention for a win on the final lap of each category.
MotoGP, conversely, has largely been a three-horse race between Casey Stoner, Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa, with little passing during the race itself, despite a boost in grid sizes with the inception of the Claiming Rules Teams category (CRT).
Rossi was forced to defend rumours of his retirment in recent weeks, with the nine-time world champion telling Twitter fans: "Next thing the 'informed people', will say Casey Stoner and I are going to retire and open a farm together!"
sjongejongejonge.... je hebt zeker niet de WSB races gezien? Hij heeft gewoon gelijk. In 1 race waren er al 10x meer inhaalacties dan in het hele MotoGP seizoen tot nu toe.quote:Op dinsdag 15 mei 2012 18:00 schreef Fir3fly het volgende:
Zou ik ook zeggen als ik als zevende rond reed.
Die laatste vind ik wel erg leuk trouwens, Valentino heeft altijd een leuk gevoel voor humor gehad.
Ze rijden ook wel op veel dezelfde circuits als de motogpquote:Op dinsdag 15 mei 2012 22:23 schreef Marks het volgende:
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Daarbij hebben ze daar de echte banen, waar je sowiewo meer gevoel van snelheid hebt.
Wat een quatsch. Wat er nu in de F1 gebeurt is allesbehalve 'pure' racerij.quote:Op dinsdag 15 mei 2012 22:23 schreef Marks het volgende:
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De pure racerij gaat het zo winnen van de enorme commercie. Bij de F1 hebben ze dit op tijd ingezien
Valequote:Op donderdag 17 mei 2012 18:43 schreef Fir3fly het volgende:
Balen. Een van de beste rijders ooit. Voor wie moet ik nou juichen ?
twitter:Racesport twitterde op vrijdag 18-05-2012 om 11:14:35 Nakamoto: Rossi naar Honda? 'Ik sluit het niet uit' reageer retweet
quote:"We will begin talking seriously to Pedrosa about 2013, which we hadn't done yet," Nakamoto confirmed. And this latest development means that a door might have opened for Valentino Rossi. "At this point, anything is possible. We have to think about it, and I'll have to talk directly with Honda Motor; before the sponsors, they are the principle party to consult with." There is also a chance that Marc Marquez can step up into the empty seat: "But you have to ask Ezpeleta about that," he said, obviously referring to the rookie rule.
http://frontpage.fok.nl/c(...)en-en-optochten.htmlquote:Op woensdag 16 mei 2012 23:12 schreef Fir3fly het volgende:
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Wat een quatsch. Wat er nu in de F1 gebeurt is allesbehalve 'pure' racerij.
Het tegenovergestelde zelfs. Er is niets meer 'puur' dan de beste rijders op de beste motoren. En dat is MotoGP. Dat er de afgelopen twee races nauwelijks ingehaald werd doet daar niets aan af. Het zit wel een stuk dichter bij elkaar dan vorig jaar, dus mooie races zullen er (net als vorig jaar) zeker wel komen.
Overigens vind ik WSBK ook erg leuk.
Ik heb hier trouwens een stukje over geschreven voor de frontpage en ik hoop dat het ooit nog geplaatst wordt...
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