Rossi to test the Ducati at Valencia

[Turf]

Ah, another reason I wish I spoke Italian!

He's saying,'Chillout guys, I got this'

[kopfjäger]

He's saying,'Chillout guys, I got this'

Nah, what he is saying is, 'No wonder I've been kicking your ass all these years.'

[desmoquattro]

He's saying,'Chillout guys, I got this'

You ain't got no problem, Fillippo. I'm on the muthamake the beast with two backsa. Go back in there, chill them engineers out, and wait for The Doctor, which'll be comin di-rectly.

You sending The Doctor?

You feel better now, muthamake the beast with two backsa?

Sheeeeeet...that's all you had to say.

[Turf]

fav post ever ^

[OT]

imo, watching VR intently getting the location of the 46 decal 'just right' and then patiently squeezing out all the air bubbles says volumes about the guy...

Hope Dr. Strangelove (the other doctor on the team) can pull this one off...gonna be an interesting 2011 season 

[gm2]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88792

"Ducati will not build a Yamaha 'clone' (unless valentino tells us to)"

[darylbowden]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88792

"Ducati will not build a Yamaha 'clone' (unless valentino tells us to)"

LOL.  I thought the same thing when I read that article.  It's all clouds and angel farts until the last line where he basically says "if Rossi wants it, we'll scrap the mofo and start over."

[zenjim]

Ah, another reason I wish I spoke Italian!

Valentino Rossi & Ducati test__VIDEO INEDITI

What's funny about this video:
All of the engineers giggling like school girls. Those guys are sporting wood they're so friggin excited.

What's awesome about this video:
When Valentino gets on the bike just to get in position and feel the bike out, a hush comes over the paddock. He starts rubbing the side of the tank and instantly it feels like there are a room full of people who are ready to reshape the tank. You don't have to speak Italian to see the excitement and the shared sense of purpose. I honestly think if the bike is only good for 5th place, that team with it's joy, love, and dare I say it - passion, will get 3rd. It's quite remarkable. And what an honor to be working in such a place. I'm sure I speak for a lot of people in shitty jobs who are envious of being able to do what you enjoy so much. Now when the bike is getting wadded up and the lap times aren't coming, we'll see how long the honeymoon lasts. But those guys look like they'd take a bullet for Vale.

Oh, and it sounds awesome too.

[Speeddog]

Amen. 

[kopfjäger]

  It's quite remarkable. And what an honor to be working in such a place. I'm sure I speak for a lot of people in shitty jobs who are envious of being able to do what you enjoy so much. But those guys look like they'd take a bullet for Vale.

It wasn't that way for all the Championship wins at Yamaha?

[koko64]

fav post ever ^

+1

[zenjim]

It wasn't that way for all the Championship wins at Yamaha?

I never saw the Vale leaving Honda and his initial sniffing around the Yamaha paddock video of 2003. But I bet it was exactly that way for those guys as well.
Just, you know, Japanese wood.