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posted September 06, 2005 05:08 PM
Rossi rumors confirmed= Ferrari in 07'
from www.cyclenews.com
Valentino Rossi is headed to Formula One in 2007 after his one-year contract with Yamaha expires at the end of 2006.
That's the conclusion drawn from published interviews with key Ferrari personnel at last weekend's Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
Ross Brawn, Ferrari's technical director, told the Associated Press that the Gauloises Yamaha rider could test as often as once a month beginning this winter. Rossi has already tested the Ferrari three times at the company's test track in Fiorano.
"He is already as quick as a F-1 driver in the slow corners," Brawn told the AP on Friday.
Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo told Reuters that Rossi's signing would be with the intent to win, not to capitalize on his immense popularity in Italy and much of Europe.
"He is not obliged to race in F1," di Montezemolo said. "If he decides to, it is because he decides he is ready to win.
"He knows that he must do some tests and a champion like him goes into Formula One if he chooses to do so, if he feels he is going there to win.
"Neither he nor we have a pistol to our heads. If something comes of it, it will above all be his decision. If Ferrari and Rossi come together, it will be to win the world championship and not to put on a show that we do not need," di Montezemolo told Reuters.
The last motorcycle world champion to jump to Ferrari was Britain's John Surtees. Surtees won seven world championships before capturing the 1964 F-1 crown for Ferrari.
La Repubblica, an Italian daily newspaper, last week published an unsourced report that Rossi will be offered a three-year contract worth 80 million Euros, nearly $100 million.
Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren's current F-1 driver, would be his teammate, the paper wrote.
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posted September 06, 2005 05:23 PM
WTF! ? Maaaaan, stick to 2 wheels rossi! SHIT MAN! You're a phenom to watch! 
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posted September 06, 2005 05:27 PM
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WTF! ? Maaaaan, stick to 2 wheels rossi! SHIT MAN! You're a phenom to watch!
I hear ya Nick. Maybe the guy's just bored winning all of the time or something
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posted September 06, 2005 05:31 PM
Hmm. He's said in many interviews that he is not interested in F1.
Maybe $100M changed his mind.
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posted September 06, 2005 05:36 PM
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Hmm. He's said in many interviews that he is not interested in F1.
Maybe $100M changed his mind.
HAHA.....maybe. ...haha
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posted September 06, 2005 06:05 PM
f1 seen as top of auto racing world (though it seems morelike whohas the best car more than anything) so maybe he is wanting to go to another venue for some excitement.
maybe he should sign with proton for a year and whup everyone's butt on that thing 
   
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Connman
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posted September 06, 2005 06:07 PM
If he wants a challenge, maybe he should race GP for Kawasaki. 
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posted September 06, 2005 06:18 PM
 Edited By: trenace on 6 Sep 2005 19:19
Agreed with Connman, in terms of what I'd like to see.
I do not in fact think that would be an unrealistic challenge, at least presently (but who is to say once the 800cc rule, which I do not think well of, kicks in.) For example, since Olivier Jacque was able to finish only fractionally behind Rossi at LeMans, one would think Rossi on the same bike would have won that GP as well. There have been quite a few times actually, or at least that is my impression, that a Kawasaki has finished only a few tenths per lap slower than Rossi's Yamaha, with might entirely be due to Rossi not to the bikes.
But for sure, if he wins in F1, which could be quite likely if driving for Ferrari, that would catapult him to a level of superstardom that motorcycle racing cannot do.
Regrettably, if he proves himself fast enough in testing, it's hard to see why he would not choose to move to Ferrari.
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posted September 07, 2005 09:45 AM
F1 and GP are not the same, and not the same presure....
not the same money.....
I hope he stays with gp bikes, going to F1 will be a mayor disaster for his reputation after all he said about driving cars.....
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posted September 07, 2005 10:08 AM
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maybe he should sign with proton for a year and whup everyone's butt on that thing
I would like to see him do that as well
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posted September 07, 2005 11:15 AM
Maybe Moto GP will be fun to watch again.....
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posted September 07, 2005 11:55 AM
Maybe now Matt Mladen won't have ta wuss out and he can go to Moto GP. He was afraid to go there because he couldn't be so dominant. Sorry Matt , I calls 'um as I sees 'um.
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zx12adam
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posted September 07, 2005 11:57 AM
Maybe Matt Mladin will take note and move UP SOMEWHERE!!!!
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zx12adam
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posted September 07, 2005 11:58 AM
Damn Zammy beat me to it.
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