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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]
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.
The Yamaha YZR-M1 is an inline-four motorcycle specifically developed by Yamaha Motor Company to race in the current MotoGP series. [1] It succeeded the 500 cc (31 cu in) YZR500 by the 2002 season and was originally developed with a 990 cc (60 cu in) engine.
In 2002, the debut year of the RC211V, Honda and Valentino Rossi dominated by winning the constructors' championship by more than 100 points over their nearest rival. The bike underwent small modifications over the season, but it did not as yet have traction control so much as a handlebar-mounted power management system with three settings for different needs during a race.
Rossi participated in the Monza Rally Show championship using Ford Fiesta RS WRC car and won the title 7 times (2006–2007, 2012, 2015–2018) and became the holder of the most titles in this event. Summary
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.
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 years, 311 days.
Valentino Rossi, riding the four-stroke Honda RC211V bike, won the first race of the season at Suzuka under wet conditions. Suzuki's test rider Akira Ryō , who raced as a wildcard entry, and Yamaha's Carlos Checa completed the all four-stroke podium. [ 12 ]