VALENTINO ROSSI
Valentino Rossi (Italian pronunciation: [valenˈtiːno
ˈrossi]; born 16 February 1979) is an Italian professional motorcycle racer and
multiple MotoGP World Champion. He is one of the most successful motorcycle
racers of all time, with nine Grand Prix World Championships to his name –
seven of which are in the premier class.
Following his father, Graziano Rossi, Valentino started
racing in Grand Prix in 1996 for Aprilia in the 125cc category and won his
first World Championship the following year. From there, he moved up to the
250cc category with Aprilia and won the 250cc World Championship in 1999. After
graduating to the premier class in 2000, he won the 500cc World Championship
with Honda in 2001, the MotoGP World Championships (also with Honda) in 2002
and 2003, and continued his streak of back-to-back championships by winning the
2004 and 2005 titles after leaving Honda to join Yamaha, before regaining the
title in 2008 and retaining it in 2009.[1] He left Yamaha to join Ducati for
the 2011 season,[2][3] but it was confirmed in 2012 that he would rejoin Yamaha
for the 2013 and 2014 seasons.[4]
Rossi came close to winning the 2015 title after several
years out of contention, leading the championship for most of the season, only
to lose out in the final round to fellow Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo. The end of
that season was marred with controversy following Rossi having a coming
together on track with Marc Márquez resulting in a grid penalty for the final
round, as well as accusing Márquez of deliberately trying to harm his
championship, something Márquez repeatedly denied.[5][6]
Rossi is first in all time 500 cc/MotoGP race wins
standings, with 86 victories, and second in all time overall wins standings
with 112 race wins, behind Giacomo Agostini with 122.
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