Rossi teste une Maserati.

[theophil]

MOTOGP News Saturday, 11th February 2006

Rossi tests Maserati.

Reports in Italy suggest that MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi has switched his attention to yet another form of motorsport - following a recent Ferrari F1 drive and his latest MotoGP test for Camel Yamaha - by driving a Maserti MC12 sports car (of the type shown in the top picture) at Misano yesterday (Friday).

Motograndprix.it states that the seven times motorcycling world champion was invited to a secret test for the Racing Box FIA GT/ALMS team at the Italian circuit - and was able to lap just a few tenths of a second from the team's regular driver, Marco Cioci, after only 15 laps in the car.

The Doctor's latest outing means that, since the end of the 2005 MotoGP season, he has shown impressive pace in a Subaru WRC car, world championship spec go-kart, Ferrari F1 car and now a race spec Maserati!

[nico]

Et bien, le Doctor s'amuse.

[Thraxas]

Il peut enfin joier avec tous les jouets que le papa noël lui a apportés!!!

Il en a de la chance!!

[theophil]

en fait, il se dit que rossi pourrait aller en F1 a conditio, que shumacher reste encore une année pour que ferrari ait un pilote confirmé et un rooky.
Mais rien n'est sur.
donc je pense que Rossi explore d'autre piste 4 roues.

=> Rossi needs Schumacher for F1 drive?

According to a report in the Italian press, MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi will only be considered for a 2007 Ferrari F1 drive if team leader, and seven times world champion, Michael Schumacher decides to continue racing next season.

"Rossi in F1, Michael decides" stated La Gazzetta dello Sport, explaining that the Italian team is only prepared to 'risk' having one new driver next season. "If Michael goes and (Kimi) Raikkonen takes his place, and is joined by Rossi, that means two drivers that are unproven at Ferrari. It is a risk Maranello doesn't want to take."

The article added that Schumacher will decide in June if he wants to extend his record breaking F1 career beyond 2006, but even if the German stays it is far from certain that Rossi will be offered a race seat alongside him.

"If (Schumacher's new team-mate) Felipe Massa continues as well as he has up to now (in testing), it will be difficult to give his seat to Rossi," added the 'paper.

[Tony]

oui, on verra bien mais tout le monde pense qu'en 2007, il sera sur 4 roues sur Ferrari, je pense que la probabilité sur le fait qu'il parte vienne du fait que le monde de la F1 le critique pas mal. C'est un peu pour calmer le jeu je pense.