Valentino Rossi, anxious spectator: "Watching the races is a disaster!"

In 2025, Valentino Rossi has already been to many circuits to watch races MotoGPThe nine-time world champion, converted to racing,Endurance automobile with BMW, thus supporting the drivers of his own team, VR46, Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Di Giannantonio.

That's not all, since he also advises the recruits of the VR46 Riders Academy, in the lower classes, but also in the premier category, as is the case with Pecco Bagnaia.

Between all these events, Valentino Rossi took the time to grant a long interview to the Italian podcast 'PoretCast', in the episode of April 30th. During this long exchange with Giacomo Poretti, host of the show, Valentino Rossi spoke frankly about the anxiety with which he attends certain MotoGP races and about the evolution of the view that a rider has of his own career over the years.

"It's a very dangerous sport, and it's scary. However, when you're young, in the early years [of your career], you don't pay attention to the danger, begins Valentino Rossi about MotoGP. OWe don't think about what might happen. We think about giving the best of ourselves, we're afraid of making a mistake, of ruining a race. That's all, we never think about the rest."

“Then at some point something happens, He continues. So you mature and when you're on the starting grid you start thinking, 'If I crash in the first two laps, maybe everyone behind me will. I have to be careful.' From there you start to mature."

A different look at MotoGP

In addition to all the riders whose careers he has supported for many years, his brother, Luca Marini (Honda HRC), also competes in the field of 22 regulars on the grid as the sport tours. This is another factor that has changed the way Valentino Rossi attends races.

"I have to say that now that I see the races and I don't participate in them anymore, it changes a lot of things, adds the forty-year-old. When you're racing, you're constantly focused, with adrenaline pumping. You're afraid of making a mistake, crashing, getting injured, and ruining your race. On the other hand, watching races from the outside is a disaster."

"I'm always tense because my brother is racing. There are also the other drivers from the academy, who are my friends. I always saw my mother scared and I never really understood. Now that I see my brother on the fence, I understand her better." concludes Valentino Rossi with humor.

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