
"It's like drinking from a firehose" is the phrase I would use over and over while telling people about my recent trip to this year's World Ducati Week. The three-day event attracted 81,000 rabid Ducati fans through the gates of the Misano race track, which is just a stone's throw from Italy's...
It is hard to imagine, but in few days' time, Valentino Rossi will be starting his 19th season on the world motorcycle racing stage. Over that tenure, The Doctor has encountered more than a few rivals: Loris Capirossi, Sete Gibernau, Max Biaggi, Dani Pedrosa, Casey Stoner, Jorge Lorenzo, and now...
There's an old racing adage: when the flag drops, the talking stops, though the word 'talking' is rarely used. It's a cliche, but like all cliches, it is a cliche because it reflects such a basic truth. Without bikes circulating on track in anger, fans and press have nothing to do but engage in...
07/04/2013 The pair really seem to have buried the hatchet By David Miller Even though Valentino Rossi put in a vintage performance in today's Qatar MotoGP, he feels it was impossible to beat team-mate Jorge Lorenzo under the desert lights and even questioned whether the Spaniard was human....
The Rossi-Yamaha reappearance is being billed as one of the stories of 2013, as the 34-year-old reunites with former rival Jorge Lorenzo. Has your comeback to Yamaha been 'just like music'? Yes, my come back to Yamaha is a great story and a great bet, for me but also for Yamaha. After two...
Rossi & Spectator At Odds After Scooter Collision by staff Monday, November 14, 2016 For those wondering what the early days of Beatlemania were like--the full trot run from the stage or the mob scene any time one of the Fab Four would venture into public--a really great way to see it in the...
Rossi: 300 GPs Means I Am Old ... Wednesday, May 28, 2014 This just in from Yamaha: Rossi Returns Home for Italian Grand Prix Gerno di Lesmo (Italy), 28th May 2014 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP returns to Italy for Valentino Rossi's first home race of the year, the Gran Premio d'Italia this Sunday at...