Valentino Rossi competed in the Motorcycle World Championship for 26 seasons. ‘Il Dottore’ hangs up his helmet, overalls, gloves and boots in November 2021, at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia. During his time as a professional pilot, The Italian celebrated a 125cc title, another 250cc title, a 500cc title and six MotoGP titles.115 victories, 235 podiums, 65 pole positions and 96 fastest laps in 424 Grand Prix in which he participated.
Max Biaggi, Sete Gibernau, Casey Stoner, Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Márquez are his great rivals on and off the track. And, the Australian, in an interview with ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport, assessed his current relationship with Valentino Rossi afterwards recently spent a few days with him at the VR46 Ranch located in Tavullia (Italy).
“It is beautiful -his passing through the ranch-. Valentino and I put the past aside a few years ago. I never stopped respecting anything Rossi did, but We had a moment when we were fierce rivals; we are enemies. Today, we both stopped running and had a different perspective. Our lives have changed a lot and Sharing the track with him for pure fun is something I wanted to do at the beginning of my career.before we became enemies. “It was a real pleasure,” explained Stoner.
The Australian also added that “spending time with him and watching everything he’s built… It was a dream to do what he did, to have this opportunity to work with young drivers. He has teams that he can promote these guys and improve. They all have high standards and it is a reflection of the good he has done. Working with him is an incredible opportunity for everyone.“.
Source: La Verdad
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