While Valentino Rossi underwent a second operation yesterday at the CTO hospital in Florence to stitch up his open wound, following his operation on Saturday, which according to his attending doctor Roberto Buzzi went well, Rossi was also checked out by Dr. Giusto Chiaracane, a shoulder specialist was also called in for a consult on the MotoGP champion’s lingering shoulder problem that he picked up during a motocross accident.

Ferrari’s Stefano Domenicali was one of Rossi’s first visitors, another get well wisher was Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, who through the Ferrari website has invited Rossi to return to Maranello to drive a Ferrari for a little training.

“The whole team is with you at this difficult time, we are confident that you will soon be back on track, even stronger than before. If you want during your convalescence to train a little on four wheels, remember that the door for you at Maranello is always open …”

Personally we think that getting onto his M1 would be easier for Rossi that crawling into a very tight and uncomfortable Formula 1 cockpit.

Source | sport.libero.it

....

0 comments

You’d think that Fiat/Chrysler’s CEO Sergio Marchionne would have better things to do after introducing the company’s highly ambitious five-year plan to increase Fiat’s and Chrysler’s car production to 5.5 to 6 million vehicles by 2014, than thinking about Valentino Rossi in Ferrari.

Instead Marchionne has given his public backing and approves Luca Cordero di Montezemolo’s idea of stealing Rossi from motorcycle racing to put him a third Ferrari car.

“Luca says he would like to have a third Ferrari car with Valentino - it’s a great idea if he [Rossi] is willing to do it.” said Marchionne.

Let’s hope that Rossi isn’t willing to do it.

....

0 comments

When Valentino Rossi won his ninth Championship title at Sepang he sent a text message to Ferrari’s Stefano Domenicali asking him if he could drive the F1 car again. Domenicali didn’t answer right away, as he had to check with his boss Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, and now Montezemolo has decided once again to grant Rossi’s wish.

The Italian rider will test the car in January and it will be his third time. It looks like when the colour red is on a Ferrari it doesn’t make Rossi as anxious as he says it does.

Source | gazzetta

....

0 comments

With the civil war between F1’s FIA and FOTA finally resolved, Ferrari can get back to business and one of the first things that Luca Cordero di Montezemolo according to Sportmediaset was launch another hook and line towards Valentino Rossi.

“Seeing the new scenario and not excluding anything, even a third car. I even have an idea who the driver could be …” said the president of Maranello.

Valentino’s answer: “I’m flattered, but I don’t know if it’s me.”

Rossi rightly put a lid on the matter and prefers to avoid any distractions that can take him away from fighting in the three-way tied championship: “Now I have to concentrate on MotoGP and try to win.”

....

0 comments