A destiny often doesn't mean much and it's the will of the person who wants to take it in hand that is the driving force. You must therefore believe in yourself and persuade to make things happen. An approach that Valentino Rossi recalls when remembering his journey when he was a child. He was lucky to have a father who was certainly passionate about motor sports, but who had just come out of a serious motorcycle accident. As a result, his accession to a handlebar was not so simple…
During this holiday season when Christmas stories illustrate a pleasant truce for confectioners, Valentino Rossi brings his anecdote to rehash by the fireplace. The official Yamaha at the twilight of his career remembers his beginnings which did not yet open onto the dawn of a luminous journey. Because he was still only a child, son of Graziano, a pilot.
Le Graziano in question raced in 250 and 500 at the end of the 70s winning 3 successes and 7 podiums. Unfortunately, the career of Red father ended abruptly in 1982 following a serious accident.
A painful experience that occurred while Valentino was only 3 years old which inevitably dissuaded Graziano to give his son a motorbike. But the desire to Valentino getting on the motorcycle overcame his father's concerns.
As reported by “Sky Sport”, Valentino Rossi remembers this youthful period: “ Graziano was a motorcycle racer, then he had a bad accident and he became a race car driver. When I was 6, he raced like that and he was afraid to let me ride the bikes because he had so many injuries in his career. »
The Doctor then continued: “ dad didn't want to and pushed me towards the cars. I started racing karts, so I was a race car driver, I was always driving cars at first. » We know what happens next and perhaps towards the end, this automotive destiny will smile on him, as if to complete a cycle...
