Valentino Rossi, the new book comes out on 10 November: 2015 still burns

Valentino Rossi appeared on Fabio Fazio's Che Tempo Che Fa to launch his autobiography La mia storia, written with Giorgio Terruzzi and due out on Tuesday 10 November 2026. During the interview, the nine-time world champion retraced his sporting career through successes, duels, curious episodes and the move into car racing, without neglecting MotoGP's current affairs.

Among the topics discussed were Marco Bezzecchi and Bagnaia's condition after the heavy crash in the Qatar Sprint. Rossi spoke about the rider from the Academy, starting from his win at the weekend, but also stressing how much the season has been marked by mistakes and missed chances. In the same interview he also addressed some of the most famous passages of his history on track, from the feats of Laguna Seca 2008 and Barcelona 2009 to the overtake on Jorge Lorenzo at the final corner of the GP of Catalonia.

2015

The roughest chapter remains that of 2015 and the relationship with Marc Marquez. Rossi does not soften his judgement and returns to speak of a wound that remains open even after all these years. “No. That is something that does not go away, something that still burns,” Rossi said on Che Tempo Che Fa. In the book and on TV, the memory of that season remains tied to the feeling of a story that was never truly closed, with Valencia still in the background.

Also in the story of his career, Rossi explained the logic behind certain decisive moments on track. Speaking about the overtake on Lorenzo at the end of the GP of Catalonia, he said that in those moments either a winning move or a costly mistake can happen. “There, it is a bit the force of desperation. Because you are 2nd, there is one corner left and you want to win at all costs,” Rossi said on Che Tempo Che Fa.

Simoncelli

There is also space in the book for Marco Simoncelli, in the passage taken by Gazzetta from an excerpt published by Corriere della Sera. Rossi describes him as a boy he had known since he was very young, who became almost a younger brother to be followed and supported. Their bond also comes through shared training sessions, in the winter between 2006 and 2007, when the Sic went to him to improve and lose weight.

On the most painful chapter of his story, Rossi uses words that still carry weight today. “A shadow, then the blow under the wheels,” reports the Gazzetta in the excerpt dedicated to Simoncelli's death. The book also recalls the shared successes, with both world champions in 2008, Rossi in MotoGP and Simoncelli in 250, before the Sic's MotoGP debut in 2010 with the Honda of the Gresini team.