Valentino Rossi
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"Valentino Rossi" is an Italian professional motorcycle sport/motorcycle racer and multiple Grand Prix motorcycles/MotoGP World Champion. He is one of the most successful motorcycle racers of all time, with nine List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champions/Grand Prix World Championships to his name – seven of which are in the premier class.

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When it's difficult like this, the taste (of winning) is better.

The advantage we have in the championship means that I can ride at each of the remaining six rounds without pressure to try to win every race.

Every year starts from scratch. I know that I am the one everybody wants to beat. It's like I have a target on my back.

For sure, this is a magic circuit for me, ... I have had some great, great battles here in the past.

Unfortunately, Sete had a problem, which was bad luck for him because he should have been on the podium. Anyway, this is a good win for me and now I just need one more for the title. But it is not over yet.

If Valentino Rossi wants to do some testing, but let's say, again, that we help him more than him helping us at the moment. You never know. Maybe he can help us in the future.

That was one of the hardest races of the season.

Did the fact that 2004 was so (relatively) easy to win the championship make Ferrari a little bit more complacent going into 2005, and following on from that, does this year being so difficult, make the team tougher and ready for 2006?

Testing the day after a race is always a bit difficult, and when you have won the race it is even harder to feel motivated! However we know that we have to keep improving, because the championship is not over yet and anything could happen!