Valentino Rossi is a character, and this is nothing new, but he, with his distinctive style, has become an icon of the sport both on and off the track. And if the “Doctor” has let us get used to his riding, his victories and his challenges, over the years he has also given us his unmistakable style, even during interviews especially in the MotoGP era.
A style that in this video is shown in his perfection of candor, a shrug-the-shoulder way of dealing with defeat. In Italian, it does however demonstrate a classic and typical Rossi post-race interview. But it does make us wonder how homologous even he has become compared to once upon a time…