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Dominic Clegg
11-Feb-2006, 19:19
id love to see rossi in f1 but i want to win on a ducati first
Will deffo go to F1 unless he gets offered a job as a NASA astronaut!!!!
Anyone who can get within 0.6 secs of a multi-world champ with very few hours in the hotseat is gonna be offered mega bucks for a full time go.
[Edited on 11-2-2006 by Guido]
ericthered40
11-Feb-2006, 19:35
He's going, If he gets though this year in one peace :D
Foregone conclusion:smug:
I don't think he will.
Cars are boring, and Rossi will want to win the 800cc MotoGP title.
I think he'll go rallying is he leaves bikes, not F1.
everton
11-Feb-2006, 19:49
If the route in is cleared for him - he will go to F1.
Rossi needs Schumacher for F1 drive (http://www.crash.net/news_view~t~Rossi-needs-Schumacher-for-F1-drive-~cid~0~id~125220.htm)
doogalman
12-Feb-2006, 10:56
He's a busy lad. would appear that he is taking every oportunity open to him to hone his 4 wheels at speed skils.
http://www.crash.net/news_View~t~Rossi-tests-Maserati-~cid~6~id~125238.htm
Good luck to him. If he's up for the ultimate challenge ,then think of the bucks he could rake in , also the celeb status he would aquire at home and abroad.
Also he could then do an even more amazing feat. remember Hailwoods return.
How about the Former multiple bike gp champion, former fi world champion, having a swansong moto gp chapionship to his credit.
Rattler
12-Feb-2006, 11:08
Nope - I reckon he'll do the 800s in 2007, win that and then go rallying.
There's a few new boys in MotoGP this year who are readying themselves for the 800cc challenge in 2007 - dependant upon how close they can run Rossi at the end of 2006 will make his mind up I reckon.
Tim
Steve M
13-Feb-2006, 11:28
He will want an 800 title to give him every class, plus if he wins this year and then goes on to win 800s no one will be able to match him as he will have won every 1000 title.
800s then off to rallying - rallying is a bit like bikes in that the drivers skill is more inportant than the car, in F1 it's the car that's most important. And F1 is boring!
What challenges left to him in bike racing? maybe the first 800cc champ or move to Ducati, wining on an Italian bike might float his boat.
Maybe wants to emulate Surtees, much more difficult now.
Can't see rallying being anything more than a bit of fun. You need experience in the WRC that you can only get by doing the events to see if you are up to speed. In F1 you can test and test and test, with or without the rest of the field to see if you are up to speed.
Rossi + Ducati
Rossi + Ferrari
The italian dream teams?
Ray.
[Edited on 13-2-2006 by Ray]
dickieducati
13-Feb-2006, 23:00
think he will do F1. would love to see him on the 2007 ducati but F1 may be too much of a draw before then. would make him the most acomplished motorsport racer if he could win F1
Dominic Clegg
15-Feb-2006, 20:47
id love to see rossi on a ducati if you read his book he was so close to been on it.
At the risk of a serious flaming I hope Rossi does go to F1 'cos, for me, when there is a sportsman in any sport who is totally dominant and the only thing that there is to speculate about is who is going to come second, then it all gets too predictable and dare I say it....boring...there, I just did.
MotoGP has become a bit like that for me just seeing Rossi take win after win (unless something very unusual happens). Yep, he can go off to F1 where they're all boring
I'd like to see him stay in MotoGP, even if he wins every race.
To my mind the guy's a genius on a bike and I'm very very 'appy to be watching an era of racing that people will talk about in the future - the original 990cc MotoGP animals and Valentino Rossi.
I think a move to F1 would be a mistake for him, just getting in to his book now, and from the what I can see, his prime motivation is to have fun and prove that he's the best (rather than the bike). Well that's not going to happen in F1 - F1 does not allow for fun anymore, and without the best package it's virtually impossible to win. Like him or loathe him, Schumacher is (IMO) one of the top 3 drivers of all time, but in a less than competitive car last year he was nowhere - no amount of natural talent and ability could make up for it.
If Rossi goes to F1 there'll be no flunking the start, or running wide somewhere and then carving back through the field, just can't see him enjoying himself there
Martin
He has prooved himself beyond doubt on a bike, surely he needs to do F1 to prove he is the premier motorsport champion of his generation, maybe if he can win F1 championship and has steam left after he might then try WRC and do one better than Surtees, he is young enough.
On the other hand he bings so much to motogp it will be a shame when he goes.
888heaven
17-Feb-2006, 01:45
At the risk of a serious flaming I hope Rossi does go to F1 'cos, for me, when there is a sportsman in any sport who is totally dominant and the only thing that there is to speculate about is who is going to come second, then it all gets too predictable and dare I say it....boring...there, I just did.
How the hell you can say hes boring just because he wins is beyond me,look at each race as a one off as Rossi does and there all exciting.
how winning on a previous years pig in a poke can be boring I just dont follow.
F1 is just no comparison its like single track scaletrix you could repeat the same race every 2 weeks and nobody would notice,I would'nt watch it even if Rossi did move and its hardly a challenge unless hes given a Smart car"
one reason he moved to Yamaha was he knew no one could touch him on the Honda so hes hardly likely to want race a winning car in F1 thats not really a challenge is it.
rossi on a ducati would be 1 of the best things ever in motogp. . . i dont think he will go F1
/ian
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