Valentino Rossi Ungkap Sosok Terpenting dalam Karier Balapnya, Ternyata Pembalap Jepang

Agustinus Rosario

Editor:

  • Valentino Rossi kembali mengungkap fakta menarik tentang dirinya.
  • Di awal kariernya, ia mengaku mengidolakan pembalap Jepang, Norifumi Abe.
  • Rossi bahkan menyebut Abe sebagai sosok yang sangat penting dalam kariernya.

SKOR.id - Sisi lain dari Valentino Rossi selalu menarik untuk dikupas.

Pembalap asal Urbino, Italia, tersebut telah menjelma menjadi ikon MotoGP. Keputusannya pensiun di pengujung MotoGP 2021 membuat banyak fan patah hati.

Semua tak lepas dari kiprahnya di Kejuaraan Dunia Balap Motor yang cukup lama. The Doctor sudah mulai terjun di kelas 125cc pada 1996.

Sebagai anak baru, Rossi tentunya memiliki sosok pembalap panutan. Ia ternyata terpesona dengan para rider asal Jepang.

Ia terutama terkagum-kagum dengan kostum balap, helm, dan gaya mereka di trek. Namun, di antara para pembalap tersebut Rossi paling terkesan dengan Norifumi "Norick" Abe.

"Norifumi sangat penting bagi saya karena ketika saya muda, saya tergila-gila dengan pembalap Jepang," ujar Rossi dikutip dari Speedweek.

"Saya tergila-gila dengannya sejak debut di kelas 500cc pada 1994 di Suzuka. Saya masih ingat menontonnya dalam balapan."

"Itulah pertama kalinya saya berkata kepada diri sendiri, 'Saya ingin menjadi pembalap grand prix'," tuturnya.

Ia merekam video balapan Suzuka pada musim 1994 dan terus menonton dengan kagum. Bahkan, Rossi sampai menjuluki dirinya sendiri Rossifumi.

"Saya menonton video rekaman balapan tersebut sebelum berangkat sekolah, akibatnya saya selalu terlambat," ujarnya.

"Saya melihat itu mungkin seribu kali. Dia (Abe) sangat hebat," tutur Rossi menambahkan.

Abe sendiri akhirnya meninggal dunia pada 7 Oktober 2007. Sang pembalap meninggal akibat kecelakaan lalu lintas.

"Ketika Norick meninggal dalam kecelakaan lalu lintas di atas skuter pada 2007, rasanya sangat berat. Itu sangat menyedihkan, karena dia adalah orang yang sangat menyenangkan," tuturnya.

Rasa kagum pada Abe pada akhirnya membuat Rossi banyak berteman dengan para pembalap asal Jepang.

"Di masa muda, saya kenal dengan banyak pembalap Jepang," tutur kekasih Francesca Sofia Novello tersebut.

"Saya punya teman sangat baik dari Jepang, khususnya Aoki bersaudara (Nobuatsi, Haruchika, dan Takuma), tapi juga Noboru Ueda dan Kazuto Sakata," ujarnya.

"Kami berkompetisi melawan satu sama lain, dan saya balapan melawan Norick," tuturnya memungkasi.

 
 
 
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Source: speedweek.com

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