Fernando Alonso, Formula 1 Champ seems to have dismissed Valentino Rossi’s show of speed while practicing in F1, in fact, Alonso said, that with a little practice, he could podium in MotoGP. Is this guy nuts? Well, Rossi said that he challenges Alonso to a three way race in F1, rally cars and MotoGP. Add the lap times together and see who’s fastest.
OK, Fernando, what do you say?
aaron says
I think its a sure thing for alonso. all he needs is for rossi to have crap tires on his machines, or for valentino to blow up every session when he’s far ahead, and alonso can go on about how he’s better than everyone. (gee, ya think I’m bitter about the way last season turned out?)
If he’s lucky, rossi won’t embarrass (or cripple) him by hauling out 500gp’s for the bike portion.
Tim says
This guy is off his rocker. Rossi is talented, pure and simple. He’s a genius when he has a steering wheel or handlebars in his hands. Rossi hasn’t done all that much in motorsports as a whole, but I’d bet he is one of the most naturally talented drivers alive today and if there was a best of the best race I guarentee he’d podium.
Jesper says
I guarantee that I would watch these races. Maybe it’s the beginning of a new sport – Motor Triathlon.
jay says
ok this is my opinion dont beat me around the head for it.
i honestly do not believe that the average binary controlled modern f1 driver in terms of sheer talent,commitment,confidence and balls could hold even the dimmest candle to the top 10 boys in motogp.i would exclude schumacher from this,simply becaues he`s proven he could ride around problems do what it takes,regardless of what to win races and develop anything you put him in.certain other(more charismatic more fondly remembered) legends i could name couldnt turn ferrari around(or mclaren) or jumped in the best car and its been casually forgotten about or remembered with rose tinted lenses.
as a fan of motogp and f1(dont forget that,i do love f1) for me personally the poiltics of f1 are often more exciting than the race track reality,this is wrong.
i honestly believe,no actually i know,,if you put an average driver in a top team in f1(eddy irvine,barrichello,dare i say it,damon hill) hed do hugely better than the same circumstances in a motogp team.for fernando to say hed podium after a couple of years riding a gp bike is ridiculous and hailing from the motogp mad country spain he does know this.
on a given lap or stage with ample set up time id say in an f1 car rossi would probably be no more than 1 maximum 1.5 second slower than alonso,alonso on a gp bike would id guess be 20-40 seconds slower over a 1.40s lap than rossi.finaly on say a 30 minute rallly stage,if they both finished the course id put rossi easily 3- 5 minutes in front.
this isnt a dig at f1 drivers,like any sport you fight what your put against .its just i honestly feel that it isn`t what it should be.for me an f1 car should be the hardest car,the fastest car and the most demanding car to drive.i dunno what could make it better,folk quote itd be ruining the technical purity if there was an even platform,maybe so,but i thought a world drivers championship was to determine who was the very best driver.
steel brakes,no driver aids,slick tires less reliance on downforce and a reintroduction of turbo charged engines anyone.dont mock it.the cars like the motogp bikes should only controlable by the best