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src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/rossi450.jpg" //abr /strongsmallemClick
either image to see Valentino Rossi driving the Ferrari F2008 at Mugello in high
resolution/em/small/strong/p pThe Ferrari World Finals at Mugello finished a few weeks ago. But
someone appeared to have forgotten to tell the emtifosi/em, as a loyal garrison of the Scuderia's
most loyal fans, thousand-strong, came back out last week to the track. After the a
href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/15/poll-in-what-spec-racing-series-would-you-want-to-race/"Challenge
series/a were decided, the a
href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/09/more-photos-ferrari-unveils-scuderia-spider-16m-at-mugello/"16M
Scuderia Spider/a unveiled, the a
href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/28/revealed-ferrari-fxx-evoluzione/"FXX program/a ran its
laps and the fans celebrated the Formula One constructors' championship, what exactly were they
hoping still to see? How about the prospect of seeing an Italian driver piloting an Italian F1 car
around one of Italy's most famous tracks? And not just any driver, but Valentino Rossi, a world
champion with credentials to rival Schumacher's./p pa
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src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/rossi-250.jpg" //aValentino Rossi is an
unassailable legend in motorbike racing, having taken the titles in the 125cc, 250cc and 500cc
categories in quick succession before moving up to MotoGP and taking the championship five times...
so far. Having achieved dominance on two wheels, Rossi has a
href="http://www.autoblog.com/2005/08/13/rossi-looks-to-add-two-wheels/"examined the possibility of
switching to four/a. He's competed in several championship rallies, winning the Monza rally in
2006. He initiallya
href="http://www.autoblog.com/2006/02/02/formula-1-valentino-rossi-is-the-real-deal/" tested a
Ferrari F1 car at Valencia in 2006/a, where he embarrassed some of F1's most experienced drivers,
prompting him to consider a professional switch to Formula One before ultimately deciding to a
href="http://www.autoblog.com/2006/05/25/motogp-star-valentino-rossi-turns-down-formula-1/"stay in
MotoGP/a. This past week's test session was just for fun then, but Rossi still proved his mettle.
He lapped Mugello at 1:22.550 - just a second and a half behind Kimi Raikkonen's time - on his
first drive without traction control. Rain interrupted the second day of testing, but while Rossi
showed promise, he admits he'd be too old to start in Formula One at this point. Shame for F1 fans,
but reassuring for MotoGP aficionados. emCheck out the gallery of high-resolution images from
Rossi's test by clicking the thumbnails below./em/p pdiv class="postgallery"pstrongGallery: a
href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/valentino-rossi-tests-ferrari-at-mugello/"Valentino Rossi
tests Ferrari at Mugello/a/strong/pa
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src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/62250_080029mug_thumbnail.jpg" alt=""
title="" //aa
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src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/62251_080030mug_thumbnail.jpg" alt=""
title="" //aa
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src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/62252_080031mug_thumbnail.jpg" alt=""
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src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/62253_080032mug_thumbnail.jpg" alt=""
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