Mon, 17 Nov 12:31:00 2008
Motorcycling world champion Valentino Rossi was happy with his second-place finish at the Monza Rally as he continues to try out four wheels ahead of a two-day Ferrari Formula One test on Thursday.
Rossi, who was looking for a hat-trick of wins after triumphing in the two previous editions of the Monza Rally, won his sixth MotoGP crown in 2008.
"I would settle for winning the World Championship every year and finishing second here," Rossi said.
Driving a Ford Focus WRC car, Rossi led heading into the third stage, but a mistake cost the eight-time world champion 27 seconds. He dropped to sixth yet steadily climbed back up the order, finally moving ahead of Alessandro Caffi (Peugeot) and Piero Longhi (Subaru) on the final stage to finish 20.3 seconds behind winner Rinaldo Capello of Ford.
The Italian also remarked on the decisions of Formula One great Michael Schumacher and rally champion Sebastien Loeb to try out bikes.
"Our problem is that after winning everything in our categories we like to seek out new motivations," he said.
Motorcycling world champion Valentino Rossi was happy with his second-place finish at the Monza Rally as he continues to try out four wheels ahead of a two-day Ferrari Formula One test on Thursday.
Rossi, who was looking for a hat-trick of wins after triumphing in the two previous editions of the Monza Rally, won his sixth MotoGP crown in 2008.
"I would settle for winning the World Championship every year and finishing second here," Rossi said.
Driving a Ford Focus WRC car, Rossi led heading into the third stage, but a mistake cost the eight-time world champion 27 seconds. He dropped to sixth yet steadily climbed back up the order, finally moving ahead of Alessandro Caffi (Peugeot) and Piero Longhi (Subaru) on the final stage to finish 20.3 seconds behind winner Rinaldo Capello of Ford.
The Italian also remarked on the decisions of Formula One great Michael Schumacher and rally champion Sebastien Loeb to try out bikes.
"Our problem is that after winning everything in our categories we like to seek out new motivations," he said.
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