Biography of valentino rossi

After winning two consecutive World Championships with Yamaha in and , following on from three previous back-to-back title successes, Rossi finished runner-up to the American despite scoring ten podiums and winning five races - more than any other rider. Now the record-breaking Italian, widely regarded as the finest motorcycle racer of his generation, starts the season without the crown to defend for the first time in five years.

Rossi’s five wins in took his premier-class career tally to 58, leaving him within striking distance of the legendary Giacomo Agostini’s all-time record of 68 – another enticing target for the season. For the third consecutive campaign Valentino will be ably assisted by his trusted team-mate and great friend Colin Edwards, as the pair apply their highly effective development partnership to Yamaha’s all-new cc machine and attempt to regain the Manufacturers’ and Teams’ titles they won together in

Rossi’s World Championship debut came at the Malaysian Grand Prix in and he finished his first international season in 9th place with one race win. The following year he became the youngest ever rider to win the cc World Championship, winning eleven races along the way with Aprilia. The pattern continued when he moved into t

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Valentino Rossi

Italian motorbike racer (born )

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Valentino Rossi
Rossi near the Dominion Grand Prix
Nationality	Italian
Born	() 16 February (age&#;46) Urbino, Italy
Bike&#;number	46 (retired in bring into disrepute in depiction MotoGP class)
Website
Debut season
Current team	Team WRT
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	46
Starts	24
Wins	2
Podiums	5
Poles	2
Fastest laps	0
Finished grasp season	5th prank
Debut season
Current team	Team WRT
Car number	46
Starts	11
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Finished last season	15th in
Debut season
Current team	Team WRT
Years active	–present
Car number	46
Starts	7
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	2
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	2nd deception
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Valentino Rossi

Born February A major star of the racing world with nine world titles. Joined Yamaha in and rode a YZR-M1 to victory four times in , , and In Rossi will leave Yamaha to ride in the MotoGP with Ducati. After taking the GP title in and the GP title in on Aprilia machines, Rossi moved up to the cc class from For three years straight from , he won the pinnacle cc/MotoGP World Championships on Honda machines. He switched to Yamaha in and immediately won the season's opening round, going on to take the title that year with a total of nine wins including his curtain-raiser victory. In , he took the title again with a total of 11 victories. In and , he continued to battle for the championship title, but a series of mishaps resulted in rankings of 2nd and 3rd, respectively. In , however, he regained the championship title with a total of nine wins. In , he was again champion, with six wins. Rossi was the championship titleholder in a total of nine Grand Prix competitions.

In , despite being scratched from four races because of injury, he still achieved a ranking of 3rd. In the Malaysia GP of that year, he chalked up his season's second win, his 46th victory on a YZR-M1, the same as his race number His riding style was characterized by skillfully controlled tire sli