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Posted: 14:41 - 17 Feb 2006 Post subject: Alonso on Rossi - from BBC website |
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Alonso on Rossi
Fernando Alonso says he is happy MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi has been testing for Ferrari as it distracts the team from preparing for the new season. The Renault driver, who is fine-tuning the defence of his Formula One world crown, has been quick to strike the first psychological blow of 2006.
"I'm glad because that means they have lost valuable time preparing the cars for the show they put on," he said.
"Let him come and drive. It's good because there will be more attention."
Yamaha rider Rossi, 27, has won motorcycling's top category for the last five years and has been linked with a move from two wheels to four after several tests with Ferrari.
After a number of private tests, he recently had his first test along with other F1 drivers, and seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher said he thought Rossi had the ability to compete in F1.
But Alonso seemed unimpressed, saying testing was not the same as competitive driving.
"Until we see him race we won't know his true potential, but it will be very difficult for him," he said.
"He might finish fifth or even get on the podium some time, but I could do the same on the bikes if I was given a bit of time to practise."
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If Rossi does make the move to F1 in 2007 then I very much look forward to him getting stuck in with the same mindgames which turned Gibernau into a bumbling mess last season.
Schumacher, someone who's opinion on the subject I'd value a fair bit, said: "Absolutely, it's completely possible for him. He has enough talent to get there. I would even say that it is easier to go from bikes to cars than the other way round. And when, like him, you have this special feeling on two wheels, you can use it perfectly on four wheels."
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On good authority I heard he won't go to F1, preffered option is WRC Subaru. Guess Ferrari overestimated the Italian connection. |
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It would be ace if he went to WRC, the series could do with a bit more media etc, get it back to its best ____________________ Now owner of a 1200 Bandit |
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craigs23 wrote: | Not saying F1 is easy, but in MotoGP the rider makes up more of an equation to how quickly a rider can lap a track. In Formula 1, it's more technology (and buisness) based, I couldn't imagine Alonso getting on a less-than-competitive car and making it into a champsionship winner first time out.
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Hear , hear. Exactly what Rossi proved to Honda.
If he does go to F1 though, wonder if he will get bored. Afterall in MotoGP there is a lot of overtaking, jostling for position and tactics; in F1 there is a lot of tactics, on a team basis, and very little else happens. Aerodynamics play too negative a part, whereas any slipstreaming in bikes can be used to good advantage without it physically compromising the ability of the bike to function, i.e. brake and turn corners. |
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R6jonny wrote: | Fortuna wrote: | Micheal Schumacher actually said himself that he would never get on the bikes as he doesn't feel he is good enough. No way could Alonso hold that claim he has just made. |
Im prettty sure Schumacher spent some time playing with the Ducati Desmo MotoGP bikes , he was no where near competitive but hey musta been fun |
Yeah, he did and was nowhere near competitive times. I think it's just a sponsorship thing for marloboro.
Rossi has competed for subaru, which i'd guess gives more of an indication of a full-time drive, but the styles between wrc and F1 are very different ie. racing the clock versus racing in the pack. Still, it's not as if rossi is afraid of shoulder-to shoulder riding. To be honest, i've got no idea which he will pick, but he's bound to entertain in either.
I'd like to see him in F1, and I'd like to see him absolutely cane Alonso. F1 needs some shaking up.
craigs23 wrote: | In Formula 1, it's more technology (and buisness) based, I couldn't imagine Alonso getting on a less-than-competitive car and making it into a champsionship winner first time out. |
True, but can you take a corner at 100mph, then set the car up for the next corner while you are driving? Schumacher and co can and do adjust the traction control, brake force distribution and other settings between corners, and the technology is much harder to control. Also, journos always seem to comment on how easy moto gp bikes are to ride.
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alonso is an idiot for saying that.
so from being a novice to riding at gp pace in 3 years? so how come most of bcf aren't riding along edwards,nakano,vermulen...
now i want rossi to go to F1 and whoop his butt
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Micheal Schumacher is looking to retire at the end of this season and thinking about setting up a new team ,so i read in the bible that is the sun newspaper !!
Money on rossi jumping ship at the end of this year ?
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would rossi skip the new challenge of the 800cc bikes?
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 18 years, 111 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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