Rossi\'s Ferrari test program
 

Its been reported that Ross Brawn has said that Vale will be testing a fazza F1 car every four weeks next year:o

Looks like the Doctor is pretty serious about F1, nowt left to prove in bike racing?

Ray

Ferrari have stated that he is as quick as an F1 driver in the slow corners, but they want him to also be as quick in the fast ones, and to be a able to win races. Then a decission will be made as to sign him into a race seat.
I think it could well happen. I don't care about the often poor racing in F!.
Just for him to make the switch is a massive achievment. After all Raikonen was slated by the other team managers (his own current team included) due to his lack aquistition of a super liscense despite his total lack of top level racing experiance.

Well as much as I find F1 as exciting as paint drying, It will do a lot for F1 to get someone like Rossi, look at the personallity of F1 drivers....As Boring as the "racing" :lol:

Friend of mine works high within Honda and according to him, its all confirmed.
Rossi is testing nest year with Ferrari throwing everything at Schu in order for him to leave on a high and retire.

Rossi is then set to replace him for 2007 season.

You can tell Ferrari's intentions anyway, all contracts for their existing drivers expire 2006.

i think it would be a real shame to lose someone like rossi to f1 but from his point of view you can see why he would do it and i would love to see him do well.

might be the only thing to make me start watching it again.:D

fair play to the guy if he goes, i love watching him on a bike but whats he got left to prove apart from winning motogp on a ducati maybe

its a shame he cant be involved against schumacher just to see how good the pair are

Rossi's still got a lot to prove in bike racing if he wants to be regarded as the undisputed best ever. He hasn't even raced the Isle Of Man let alone won there and he hasn't won a World Superbike Title either. Riders moving from MOTO GP to WSB don't often do as well as many would expect. I recon Corser would give him a run for his money and Haga would carve him up the same as anyone else. If Edwards and Baylis were back in WSB as well Rossi would have a harder time than he's having now especially with no tyre advantage.

I want some of what you're smoking...

Can you imagine if Rossi did go to WSB, with Corser, Haga, Bayliss and Edwards, that would just be carnage... if only

I agree, you seem to be suffering from some vivid hallucinations. He might not be my favorite personality, but he's god on a bike.

If he does end up driving for Ferrari I'd assume he'd be good but not great. Recent F1 success stories tend to show that a calm, analytical mind gets the most out of the car, with pure driving talent resulting in spurious wins rather than season-long form. Good luck to him either way. :)

Ali

Rossi Rules - no debate needed!!!
 

When he and CE did the Suzuka 8 hours race (and won) - Rossi was lapping CONSISTANTLY 2 seconds faster than Edwards!!!

So if he did go to WSB - it would be interesting to see just how much whooping is done - maybe each race would be like Phillip Island in 2003!!!!

Khushy

Nobody has gone from WSB to MotoGp and acheived anything.

Why do you think a certain Mr Fogarty never went? Because he would have been crucified by Mick Doohan.

MotoGp is the pinacle of the sport and those who suceed in it come through the 125 & 250 championships.

The only person from WSB who has got close to Valentino is Edwards

"The only person from WSB who has got close to Valentino is Edwards"

And the only salient point about that is that Colin Edwards was USA 250 champion riding a TZ250 Yamaha-so he came up riding a proper GP bike and knows how to set them up. His riding style when he first came to superbikes was pure GP250-all front end grip and cornerspeed, and SMOOTH-you don't take a GP250 by the scruff of it's neck, you finesse it.

John

Well said Monty.

WSB boys with decent experience will NEVER do well in GPs. You need to grow up on GP bikes and learn how to set them up to get the best out of them.

and maybe that point about being able to do the set-up is what will hinder rossi in F1 - at the moment he has a great team and engineer, but he also knows what makes the bike work and translates that thru his team to the bike - it is MUCH harder and more critical to set an F1 car up....would love to see him succeed though.

Looks like Biaggi has tested the Ferrari at some point too.

http://www.max-biaggi.com/Eng/download/Vferrari.htm