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2006-05-01 MotoGP Interview: Rossi,Elias, Capirossi
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 First three riders behind podium positions in Istanbul were Rossi, Elias and Capirossi. Only one of them who had any chance to get onto podium was Capirossi, but this time he was unable to match pace of front-runners. On the other hand, Rossi and Elias had lot of work to do during the race to get in front, but despite having same race-pace as podium trio, they were too far back to get chance to involve in podium fight. Read their thougths about the race.
Valentino Rossi - 4th
I got a good start off the line but I had been thinking about the first corner incident at Jerez and what had happened to Lorenzo in the 250 race, so I decided to go to the inside and it cost me four or five places. I made the positions back by the end of the first lap but I made a mistake under braking on lap two and lost three seconds and the chance for a podium today. We have had so many problems this weekend but we solved some of them in time for the race with some big modifications after the warm-up this morning and then the bike was okay, especially in the second half of the race when I really enjoyed riding it. It will be interesting to see how much more progress we can make in the test tomorrow because it is a long championship and the most important thing right now is not where we are in the standings or the points difference to the leader - the priority is to get the bike working as we know it can. This is a tough series and when you have problems you don't lose one or two places, you lose ten. It looks like there was a great battle at the front - it's a shame I wasn't involved! Looking at the championship right now I would say the top seven all have a chance to win the title but there is a long way to go yet.
Toni Elias - 5th
I didn't get a good start but bit-by-bit my rhythm improved and as the laps went by and the fuel tank got lighter I got more comfortable with the bike. Together with Valentino we cut through the pack and that helped me to finish fifth. On the final lap I tried to pass him but it was impossible. Im satisfied with the way the race turned out but Im still not quick enough over the first few laps so I have to work on this. I want to congratulate my team-mate Marco for his great performance today.
Loris Capirossi - 6th
I can't say I'm happy with sixth, that's not where we should be. This weekend we were pretty good in the wet but we didn't have enough time to prepare for a dry race, so it didn't go as we had expected. Anyway, we are just one point off the World Championship lead and we scored some useful points for what is a very long and difficult championship. We did well to take home what we could, plus we were also the first Bridgestone team at the finish. We knew this track might be difficult, so we came here with many tyres but we preferred not to risk new tyres for the race, choosing what we thought would be best. Now we go to China, which will be another difficult track, so we will keep working like crazy. We started the season in the best way and now we have to maintain that focus and keep doing our best.
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Valentino Rossi Honda NSR500 2000 
Valentino Rossi's 2000 Honda NSR500. 2000 was Rossi's very first year in the top class, which was then called 500cc instead of MotoGP. This model from Minichamps will be delayed until early 2007.
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