Videos: Valentino Rossi Lapping at Misano

One of Valentino Rossi’s fans was able to get in at Misano, that supposedly was to be a private test closed to the public, instead got some pretty good footage of Rossi, using James Toseland’s YZF-R1 Superbike lapping the Italian track trying assess his fitness, just 32 days after he broke his right leg during free practice at the Mugello.

You have to admire Rossi’s cojones and the immense passion and dedication that the Italian is showing wanting to return as soon as possible to racing, however Graziano Rossi, Valentino’s father who is a former GP racer, speaking to the Gazzetta dello Sport after yesterday’s test has revealed that he’s asked his son not only to wait a little longer, but also suggested that he give up racing altogether.

“Frankly I’ve tried to tell him that perhaps it would be better to delay his return, maybe even until next season or even better to never come back,” said Graziano.
“He looked at me and he simply told me that it’s not possible to leave bikes in this way.

Thank goodness for Valentino’s answer.
More pics and videos after the jump.