Fabio Quartararo
“It’s hard to believe because you know he’s been a two-time world champion and I wasn’t born yet and we’re still racing with him and imagining he won’t be racing next year.
It’s kind of sad, you know, he’s really the guy that made me want to be a MotoGP rider. When I was a kid watching him, waiting for hours in front of the hospitality to get a picture and then for me, yes he is the legend of the sport, he made an amazing career and I think he is a legend is, still my idol and yes, I have no words to describe him. “
Johann Zarco
“It’s going to be strange, but thanks to Vale for what he gave because I think he changed the vision of the motorcycle in the 2000s until today and if you talk to someone about motorcycle who doesn’t know anything, he can it just say Valentino Rossi, so it really means something.
We expected that there would be a day when he said stop and it would come and it would come. Just great because he stayed so long, we could see him on TV and he became an idol and then we could race with him. I don’t think there are that many athletes. So thanks for what he gave and I think the way he raced will always be his way because it was always with a different approach I would say more than most of the others. “
Joan Mir
“I feel so privileged to have the opportunity to race with Vale for two or three years. I was probably more nervous than he when he got the news! It’s a difficult moment because it looks like it would that moment will never come for a driver. ” .
I am sure he has everything to do and enjoys life very much and I am so happy for him. There was a question a journalist asked him about whether he felt like Michael Jordan of basketball and certainly the Michael Jordan of motorcycles. It will be difficult to repeat another Valentino Rossi in history so I wish him the best of luck and hope to see him in the paddock for the next few seasons. “
Maverick Vinales
“He was my point of reference when I was a kid. You know when I started to love this passion for the motorcycle, especially when I started to see Valentino and his celebration the way he won the races, so in the end, as a kid growing up i had the opportunity to share the team with him and sure to internally share the data, share comments and you know i had the chance to learn that is the most important thing.
Valentino is more than an icon, more than a legend, my idol. It’s been the point of reference since I was three years old and yes, it’s sad. We have to thank him because he developed MotoGP a lot and was also an inspiration for me.