Valentino Rossi would only consider the WRC on a full-time basis if he were offered the best car available

Valentino Rossi would only consider a full-time switch to the WRC if he was to get the best car available, according to Motorsport News.

Rossi finished a creditable 12th overall on last weekend’s Wales Rally GB where he faced atrocious weather conditions driving the M-Sport Stobart VK Ford Focus 07 WRC.

Although the MotoGP star’s contract with Yamaha expires at the end of 2010, he is already contemplating switching to rallying in… Continue reading

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Wales Rally GB 2008 Day 2 Results and photos: Latvala in front as Loeb sits just behind, plus Chris Atkinson crash videos

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Jari-Matti Latvala continues to lead Wales Rally GB 2008 after Day 2 by only 7.3s from Sebastien Loeb to set up a thrilling final day.

Latvala, though, had a scare before the final stage when the clutch overheated and he was forced to push the car 400 yards to get to the start of the test. Also, he had a slow puncture on the first stage of the… Continue reading

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Valentino Rossi video testing M-Sport Ford Focus RS 07 WRC at Greystoke ahead of Wales Rally GB

Below is a short video clip of Valentino Rossi’s M-Sport test at Greystoke Forest a couple of weeks ago in the Ford Focus WRC 07.

Rossi’s main goal for this weekend’s Rally GB is to finish the event. He would… Continue reading

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Monza Rally Show 2008 Results and videos: Capello wins rally as Longhi claims the Master Show, with Rossi second in both events

Three times Le Mans winner Rinaldo Capello won this year’s Monza Rally Show finishing 20s ahead of Valentino Rossi (pictured above), both were driving Beta sponsored Ford Focus 07 WRCs.

This is Capello’s fourth Monza Rally Show win having previously won the event in 2000, 2004 and 2005. Piero Longhi brought his Subaru S10 WRC home in third ahead of Luca Cantamessa’s Focus 08 (Hirvonen’s Corsica car)… Continue reading

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Valentino Rossi Rally GB test: states that a switch to WRC may be possible after his MotoGP career ends

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Valentino Rossi was testing the M-Sport prepared Ford Focus RS WRC 07 (Rossi pictured above in the car testing for this weekend’s Monza Rally Show) this week at Greystoke forest in preparation for Wales Rally GB.

Rossi tested for five hours covering about 80km and he was able to complete some mileage in the dark. He said that his goal for the event would be to first… Continue reading

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Valentino Rossi will support the BBC Children in Need appeal on Wales Rally GB 08

Valentino Rossi has confirmed his participation on Wales Rally GB this year in an M-Sport Ford Focus WRC.

It was also confirmed that Rossi will be supporting BBC Children in Need on the event and the car will be decaled with the charity’s logo, Pudsey Bear.

Rossi confirmed the news to wrc.com:
This is really exciting news. I’m looking forward to Wales Rally GB and am hoping for a good… Continue reading

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