Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi admitted “respect” and “danger” of Isle of Man TT

MotoGP and Isle of Man TT r🐈iders ha💜ve occasionally shared a track

Michael Dunlop, Valentino Rossi
Michael Dunlop, Valentino Rossi

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Valentino Rossi have previously🐬 shared their thoughts about t༒he Isle of Man TT.

The TT, which is ongoing this week, is a must-see motorsport attract🌺ion which captures the imagina𒆙tion.

It represents a vastly differen𝓡t challenge tꦓo circuit racing and left Marquez uneasy.

"I have a lot of respect for the riders that race there, but I don't like it," 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marquez said three years ago.

"I like to have fun, to enjoy riding, to look for the limit; to go to the Isle of Man is to gamble away your life, that'♛s how I see it.

“I ride bikes to have fun, not to suf🦩fer and endanger my life."

In 2009, Rossi rode a parade lap with🎃 Giacomo Agostini around the famous Mountain 𝕴Course.

"The lap is great and impressed me a lot because I know that it's dangerous and also fast," 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Rossi said at the time.

"I don't expect a road like this to be a track and it is ܫunbelievable to be going flat out around it on a Superbike.

“You need to have two great balls!

"For the first lap it's impossible to push for the first lap. I want to cᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚome and make five ꦬor six laps to understand it better."

MotoGP and Isle of Man TT riders blur the lines

John McGuinness and Valentino Rossi
John McGuinness and Valentino Rossi

The worlds of MotoGP and rꦛoad racing have occasionally blurred, with the mutua🔯l respect ever present.

Last year, TT legend John McGuinness nailed a personal best lཧap around Silverstone while following Rossi.

"This little fella from Italy came steaming past me 🐻on the back-straight," McGuinness joked.

"Somebody called Valentino ꦛRossi, I thought 'he is pretty fast, I'll get on the back of him'.

"He dragged me round to do the fastest lꦑap I've ever done at Sil📖verstone.

"I𓄧 bit t🌌he screen, trying to hang on as much as I could!

"I was more interested in watching him. He's the best in the worldꦦ.ꦚ"

In January, Rossi invited Michael Dunlop and Davey Todd to his annual R💧ace of Champions at his Tavullia ranch.

Pedro Acosta was particularly 𓆉awe-struck to meet - and team up with🎃 - Dunlop for the showpiece event.

“I was horrific at it, I had no pace, but the invite alo🔯ne, to be involved [was great],” Dunlop said.

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