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MotoGP: Rossi speaks out on 75-point lead

Valentino shares his views on his championship lead, Stoner's crashes and meeting Diego Maradona

Posted: 3 September 2008
by Visordown News

VALENTINO ROSSI is now more convinced than ever that MotoGP rival Casey Stoner's 2008 campaign has derailed after another tumble for the Aussie at Misano on Sunday.

Now with 75 points in hand over Stoner in the overall standings, Rossi told Spanish journalists: "At the beginning of the year I thought that I would have to be riding the best I ever have in order to challenge Stoner for the title so to be 75 points in the lead by now is amazing. But it has not been easy to do that.

"I have made many changes to be able to do what we have done so far. I am riding well and I have a great team with me. The people at Yamaha are very good and this year I have been able to have the Bridgestone tyres, there is a great relation between me and the tyres! Now everything goes better for me. I always have thought that I could fight against Stoner but I admit that I was worried in three races where he was so strong but from Laguna Seca things have changed. That race was a key point in the championship.

"Before we went there Stoner was on another planet… but we have managed to turn that around and now we are not so far away from him. And lately, clearly, he has committed two very important errors.

"Meeting Maradonna at Misano was very good. He has kissed me on the hand and then I thought about bending down and kissing his left foot, but we were in the grid getting ready to race and so it was a little complicated. "He said to me: `You are history' and I told him: `No, you are history, always.'"

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Discuss this story

.Budgie

Two greats together Rossi and Maradonna (( Budgie

))
Posted: 03/09/2008 10:59

TimskiT

Hang on a minute, two greats together? Are you having a fucking laugh?

Rossi has won his way to be called great!

The fucking Donna cheating coke taking fat fucking bastard has like I said cheated his way to becoming famous? Are you foreign and dumb as fuck by any chance? Are you South American?

Maradonna is a cunt!

Don't confuse him with the likes of Rossi!

Posted: 03/09/2008 23:28

Ilike2thinkso

TimskiT wrote (see)

Hang on a minute, two greats together? Are you having a fucking laugh?
Rossi has won his way to be called great!
The fucking Donna cheating coke taking fat fucking bastard has like I said cheated his way to becoming famous? Are you foreign and dumb as fuck by any chance? Are you South American?
Maradonna is a cunt!
Don't confuse him with the likes of Rossi!

Have to agree!!!

Posted: 03/09/2008 23:30

iMarcus

I'm just surprised Rossi didnpt want to kiss m'donna's hand after all he's more famous for that than his left foot
Posted: 03/09/2008 23:42

Kerry91

TimskiT wrote (see)

Hang on a minute, two greats together? Are you having a fucking laugh?
Rossi has won his way to be called great!
The fucking Donna cheating coke taking fat fucking bastard has like I said cheated his way to becoming famous? Are you foreign and dumb as fuck by any chance? Are you South American?
Maradonna is a cunt!
Don't confuse him with the likes of Rossi!

I agree with this too!!!!

Great article though, cheers for posting

Posted: 04/09/2008 00:29

Ilike2thinkso

We're agreed then.......................Maradona is a fat coke taking handballing cheating.......................bastard!!

Posted: 04/09/2008 00:31

TimskiT

Get in!!!
Posted: 04/09/2008 01:32

Big Damo

iMarcus wrote (see)

I'm just surprised Rossi didnpt want to kiss m'donna's hand after all he's more famous for that than his left foot

In this country yes... I'm pretty sure that the Italians dont really care about Englands sporting woes

Posted: 04/09/2008 07:15

.Budgie

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THE DOCTOR THE GREATEST THE DOCTOR THE GREATEST THE DOCTOR THE GREATEST

Posted: 04/09/2008 10:13

DBRacingGod

Maradonna's an evil genius. But he is, in fact, a genius. That second goal against England in the '86 World Cup was poetry.

Just because Anthony Gobert's a granny-bashing druggie doesn't mean he wasn't once sublime on a bike. Are Mick Doohan's achievements lessened because he's a drunken thug? Or Rossi's because he tried to swindle the tax man out of tens of millions?

Posted: 04/09/2008 12:50

red leader one

Swindling the tax man is an honourable profession
Posted: 04/09/2008 15:27

Flo

Posted: 08/09/2008 19:38

Ian_H

DBRacingGod wrote (see)

Are Mick Doohan's achievements lessened because he's a drunken thug?

Quite the opposite, finding out he'd headbutted a bouncer in a lap dancing bar made him considerably less boring
Posted: 09/09/2008 00:20

kirklet

Maradonna was a footballing legend. He had the sort of skills that the England team has lacked since gazza went into meltdown and the sort of skills that Capello would sell his granny down the market for !

Really not all that intrested in what he got up to off the pitch tbh.

Posted: 09/09/2008 22:57