bacolmm wrote:
That's sort of like the pot calling the kettle black
I don't think he's quite washed up. I guess we'll see next year - at least there will be a lot less excuses.
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| Author: | madski [ Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Rossi back at Yamaha - can't say I blame him |
The legendary Valentino Rossi will return to Yamaha, where he previously won four world titles, for the 2013 and 2014 MotoGP World Championship seasons. It is with great pleasure that Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd confirms the signing of Valentino Rossi to ride for the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Team for 2013 and 2014. Valentino Rossi first joined Yamaha in 2004 and achieved four MotoGP World Champion titles with the Yamaha YZR-M1 in 2004 & 2005 and again in 2008 & 2009. He won 46 Grand Prix races with Yamaha over a 7-year period before leaving at the end of the 2010 MotoGP season. Rossi, who is presently 8th in the Championship standings, will partner Jorge Lorenzo who currently leads the 2012 MotoGP World Championship by 23 points, having taken five victories from the first ten completed races of the 18 race series. Lin Jarvis Managing Director, Yamaha Motor Racing “This announcement is once again excellent news for Yamaha. In June we were able to sign Jorge Lorenzo for the 2013-14 campaign and now we are able to confirm Valentino Rossi for the next two years. In doing so we have been able to put together the strongest possible team to challenge for victories and to promote the Yamaha brand. We have run this ‘super team’ together in 2008, 2009, and 2010 and during that time we achieved the ‘triple crown’ titles with Rider, Manufacturer and Team World Championship victories for three consecutive years. The target for the future is obvious and we will do our utmost to achieve our goals. I have no doubt that with the experience, knowledge, skills and speed of these two great champion riders we will be able to challenge for many race wins and for the 2013 & 2014 World Championship titles. The signing of Valentino completes our future planning for the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Team. Now that this is done we will put our 100% efforts into completing the job at hand and to supporting Ben Spies and Jorge Lorenzo in their search for race victories and for Jorge’s 2012 World Championship title challenge.” http://moto-racing.speedtv.com/article/ ... to-yamaha/ |
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| Author: | GixxrSixxr [ Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rossi back at Yamaha - can't say I blame him |
where is spies |
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| Author: | madski [ Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rossi back at Yamaha - can't say I blame him |
GixxrSixxr wrote: where is spies I believe that is still TBD.... Rumors of return to SBK w/BMW have been around as well as Suzuki. I don't think there is anything official as yet. |
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| Author: | stevedave [ Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rossi back at Yamaha - can't say I blame him |
Nothing official has been announced on Spies except he won't be with Yamaha. My guess is he takes a year off and comes back to Moto GP with Suzuki. |
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| Author: | lantry211 [ Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rossi back at Yamaha - can't say I blame him |
i am very glad to hear about rossi. i am tired of hearing people hanging him out to dry and say he lost his talent. |
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| Author: | madski [ Sun Aug 12, 2012 1:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rossi back at Yamaha - can't say I blame him |
I'd bet he'll be a hell of a lot more interesting to watch on a proper race bike rather than the Bologna tractor.... |
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| Author: | bacolmm [ Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rossi back at Yamaha - can't say I blame him |
Glad to see him on a competitive bike. Ducati has effectively removed 2 very good riders (Val and Nicky) from competition by fielding such a crappy bike. |
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| Author: | bacolmm [ Wed Aug 15, 2012 6:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rossi back at Yamaha - can't say I blame him |
This one's for Mike... http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/182859 ... plain.html |
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| Author: | Wolley [ Wed Aug 15, 2012 6:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rossi back at Yamaha - can't say I blame him |
He's a has been. He has been great, but the field got better and honestly not sure if he's pushing to his potential or the bikes potential. Nicky has been doing better and is be willing to bet that Rossi gets more support than Nicky. |
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| Author: | madski [ Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rossi back at Yamaha - can't say I blame him |
bacolmm wrote: That's sort of like the pot calling the kettle black I don't think he's quite washed up. I guess we'll see next year - at least there will be a lot less excuses. |
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