The great Rossi survey is here!
We asked – you told us! And in all fairness we’d probably not have bothered if we knew how much work was involved.
Find out here the definitive answer to all the best Rossi questions ever…
Is Rossi ‘the greatest of all time’?
Yes (33%)
So, there we have it. You’ve voted Rossi the greatest rider of all time. And who are we to argue?
I had to look up “ventriglio” (11%)
We Googled it too
Neck and neck with Bradley Smith (10%)
Impossible to say (9%)
True
10 years too late (7%)
No (7%)
Maybe not “Greatest” but possibly most influential rider in terms of popularity in GP history (6%)
A well thought out answer…which is worrying on this site
Should’ve quit at least 10 years ago. His strength was his personality. He lost that 15 years ago.
(5%)
Maybe greatest. Certainly not fastest of all time. (4%)
This season would confirm this
Rossi is awesome but Mike Hailwood was the greatest (4%)
Anyone who races in a bow tie wins by default
Rossi was OK, but always lacked cornering speed. He would have struggled in WSB. (C. Fogarty) (3%)
This answer seems suspicious to us
Valentino who? (2%)
Not bad, but would have struggled in WSB due to poor corner speed. (C. Fogarty) (1%)
Look Carl, stop voting multiple times
When should Rossi have retired?
Who are we to judge? (24%)
It was just a question. But I guess the general feeling is that we are not worthy enough to specify when Valentino finally hung up his helmet
About 3 years ago (21%)
This seems reasonable
Last season (11%)
As does this
Before moving to Ducati (8%)
This may have made him look better but sold a lot less t-shirts
I reckon he’s still got a few more wins in him (8%)
Ah the effects of long Covid
Now (8%)
8% of you are happy then
When HD TV was invented (6%)
According to Google HDTV was introduced in the early 90s. We heard that Dorna started filming in HD when Pedrosa came into MotoGP to make him at least 2 pixels high.
Never (4%)
He’s not Peter Pan. Or is he? Actually no he’s not.
After Ducati maybe? (4%)
Before would have been better
Pulling at his nads when leaving pit lane makes him great. At that. (3%)
Good answer to the clearly the wrong question
When the factory Yamaha and the money starts to slide away, can’t blame anyone for staying as long as that lasted. (3%)
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Was this season worse than Michael Schumacher’s final season?
About as bad (16%)
It’s sad to see once legends fade out…well unless you ask Ayrton Senna. But it’s always good when they leave on their own terms.
Who is Schumacher (15%)
Meh…not important
They were both better than I could ever hope to be (14%)
And us.
Yes, Schumi still cheated in his last season (10%)
This he did. Like in every season.
Let’s first see if Rossi does make it down the Méribel slope (10%)
Simultaneously the best and worst answer in the entire survey.
Yes, even Ralf Rossi was embarrassed.. (8%)
This answer hurts our brains
No (8%)
Factual
No, Formula One drivers smell of birds eggs. (8%)
We never knew this…but it does explain a lot
Rossi would have creamed Schumi in the same car (7%)
We would have loved to have seen this. But think Schumy would have cheated to beat Rossi
This was simply pathetic (4%)
The question? Well there’s plenty more to come…
No, as Rossi didn’t make a “comeback” to look so uncompetitive. (2%)
There’s time
When at his peak under what circumstances could Bradley Smith beat Rossi?
Absolutely none whatsoever (19%)
Despite all the accolades and trophies gained by Bradley Smith in his ‘short but felt like a long time’ career in MotoGP it’s probably sensible to state that Rossi could probably have beaten him at everything every time.
If they were both participating in a helium inhaling competition (18%)
Unfair. Bradders has too great a head start
f Rossi was drunk and didn’t show up (12%)
But if Rossi wasn’t drunk and didn’t show up he could beat still him?
If Rossi was out with Covid (8%)
Oh…topical. We like that.
If they had the same bike (8%)
To be fair they were never in the same team. So there could be truth in that. But there isn’t.
When Rossi is T-boned by Lorenzo (7%)
Catalunya? The one race Lorenzo had on the Honda where he wasn’t at the back?
Under what circumstances could Rossi beat Bradley Smith? (7%)
We see what you did there
If Marc Marquez helped. (6%)
The pain of 2015 still lingers…
Uh, who’s “peak” we talking about here? Did Bradley Smith have one? (5%)
He’s a late bloomer, alright?
When Rossi pitted twice to change bikes, while Bradders forgot where the pitlane entrance was (4%)
Rossi on a moto3 bike (4%)
You sure?
What do you think of Indonesian MotoGP fans (2%)
That they don’t understand this question very well?
What did you think about that time Rossi kicked that woman in pitlane?
Practicing for Marquez (21%)
And boy did it work! Simulation work is one thing but you really need to get out into the field to really hone your skills properly. As Marc found out in 2015.
What was the woman doing out of the kitchen? (17%)
Looking for the iron?
She deserved it (16%)
Blimey.
Quite funny (11%)
It was, but we’re not allowed to say that these days
A tad unsporting (11%)
Only a tad
Didn’t see (9%)
It’s on YouTube. Click here
The data from Rossi’s scooter said she kicked his brake. (6%)
Nice
Gets away with it only because he’s Valentino Rossi (5%)
We agree. Should have been jailed.
MM93 got to him earlier (3%)
Did he?
I thought Rossi was trying to get her number for Uccio (1%)
This is so unbelievable on so many levels.
When will the bitter Rossi fans stop moaning about the 2015 season?
Probably never (36%)
Throughout the internet the die-hard Rossi fans do have a tendency to bring up the injustices of the 2015 season whilst conveniently ignoring any facts. But it made a great talking point.
When the last one dies (24%)
🤐
Who cares, they’ll be gone soon (15%)
Many support the rider not the sport
When Marquez apologises for bringing the sport into disrepute. (8%)
So never then?
Dementia will calm some of down (7%)
Moving on…
Might matter a bit less if Marquez doesn’t equal or surpass Rossi’s title count (6%)
This is actually very true.
They’ll move on in a dignified manner very soon (3%)
The glass half full
Do they have a 2001 ‘Rossi poster’ in their bathroom? (1%)
Errr…not sure
What do you think of Uccio?
I thought he and Rossi had a very special relationship! (20%)
To be fair even Rossi becoming a father didn’t quash these rumours. But we at MGPN have always had a lot of time and respect for Uccio
Punchable (18%)
In bucket loads
Seems a nice guy (17%)
Wait what?
I’d like to kick him repeatedly in his spuds (13%)
Annoying (8%)
Slightly
I don’t think on him. (7%)
On him?
Greatest Hanger-on of All Time! GOAT! GOAT! GOAT! (6%)
The GHOAT? That deserves more than 6%
Uccio is the GOAT at watching monitor in pit box and gesticulating. No question. (4%)
Sadly yes
He’s got my job (4%)
As much food as you can eat and a free pass to every race? We’d swap too even if it meant diabetes
Still humping (2%)
Fair enough…
Would you have supported Rossi more if Uccio wasn’t around?
No (31%)
Solid fans. Not even having someone like Uccio hanging around is enough to stop the mass appeal of Rossi.
Who’s Uccio ? (16%)
Not worth a Google
Totally 100% (14%)
T-Shirt sales lost right there
It’s his imbecile fans that put me off (13%)
Isn’t Uccio the leader?
Probably (9%)
I’d rather there was a less of an entourage (8%)
He’s only one person. He just looks like a crowd.
Certainly not. Uccio was the main reason people started supporting Rossi. (6%)
I have my own athletic supporter already, thank you very much! (2%)
Best 3 word to describe Valentino Rossi?
Greatest, best, GOAT 27%
Yet again your love for the Italian shines through!
Yellow, tall, fast (24%)
Retired too late (18%)
No Carl Fogarty (10%)
Fun, fast, fierce. (6%)
Doctor, Dentist, Jorge’sBestFriendForever (4%)
Better than Marc. (4%)
Old and slow. (2%)
Insists on himself (2%)
Certainly no Bradley Smith! (2%)
average, middling, unspectacular (1%)