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The 2024 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 76th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Road Racing World Championship season, the highest level of competition in motorcycle road racing.
Valentino Rossi (/ ˈ r ɒ s i / ROSS-ee, Italian: [valenˈtiːno ˈrossi]; born 16 February 1979) is an Italian racing driver, former professional motorcycle road racer and nine-time Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champion. His nickname is The Doctor, Rossi is widely considered one of the greatest motorcycle racers of all time.
Valentino Rossi in 2017. Valentino Rossi is an Italian nine-time Grand Prix world champion - seven of which are in the premier MotoGP class. Rossi raced for Honda's factory team, Yamaha's factory team and Ducati's factory team. Rossi is also the only road racer to have competed in 400 or more Grands Prix. [1]
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The team was founded in 2014 by Rossi to promote young Italian talent in Grand Prix racing. Beginning in 2022, the VR46 team entered the MotoGP championship in their own right, taking over the grid slots from Esponsorama Racing who left the premier class after 10 seasons.
In 2022, Rossi return to the track to compete in car racing in the GT World Challenge Europe, joining Belgian outfit Team WRT. Rossi, who called time on an illustrious motorcycling career spanning more than two decades in 2021, had previously spoken of a desire to move into car racing, and underwent a test with Team WRT in Ricardo Tormo Circuit ...
Valentino Rossi is second with 115 wins, and Ángel Nieto is third with 90 wins. Rossi holds the distinction of having the longest time between his first win and his last. He won his first Grand Prix in 1996 at the 125cc Czech Republic Grand Prix, and his last in 2017 at the MotoGP Dutch TT, a gap that spans 20
The 2005 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship.It took place on the weekend of 22–24 July 2005 at the Donington Park circuit. . It was also marked the final victory of Valentino Rossi in the wet race at the British circuit until the 2015 event was held at the Silverstone Circu