Valentino Rossi - Motorcycle Superstar

Welcome to ValentinoRossi.info an unofficial fan site dedicated to one of the world’s greatest motorcycle champions. We hope you’ll take time to read about and learn about this charismatic Italian superstar and catch some of the colour, excitement and drama that is all part of the motorcycle racing calendar.

Italian motorcycle race champion Valentino Rossi was born 16 February 1979 in Urbino, Italy. He is the son of 1970’s racer Graziano Rossi. As a teenager, he began racing with karts, then moved on to minimotos (minibikes). In his second Grand Prix season in 1996, racing125cc class bikes, he won his first World Championship in Malaysia. Rossi had won 38 Grand Prix races before he was 23.

In his second season Rossi moved to the 250cc class and won the 1999 World Championship. Moving to the premier 500cc class in 2000 and riding a Honda for the Nastro Azzuro Team, he finished second in the championship that year. Racing for Honda again he won the 2001 World Championship with 11 wins.

In subsequent years he contested the revised MotoGP World Championship and won in 2002 and 2003 riding with the Honda team. Later that year he shocked fans by agreeing to ride with Yamaha and in 2004 and 2005, with Yamaha, won back to back championships.

Nicknamed “The Doctor” for the skill and precision he has displayed in his way to the top and the calculated way he out-races his opponents, Rossi was the winner of seven Grand Prix World Championships in racing by the time he was 26 years old.

Rossi – one of the all-time greats
Now regarded as one of the all-time greats, the charismatic Rossi is both a crowd puller and a crowd favorite. Racing in number 46, as his famous father did, he holds more records than any other rider. With six world championships he has conquered the 125cc, 250cc and 500cc championships.

With 40 Moto GP victories from 65 starts and countless victories in the 500cc, 250cc and 125cc classes, Rossi has stood on the winner’s podium around 120 times in his illustrious career. He becomes only the second rider in history, after Eddie Lawson, to win the championship with different manufacturers in consecutive seasons.

With the 2006 riding season about to begin at Jerez in Spain, Valentino Rossi faces a season with plenty of new riders and with out Max Biaggi or Alex Barros. Will his five years of supremacy come to an end or will he power on to smash more records?

Click the links on this site and read the MotoGP news, find out more on Rossi’s career, check out the bikes, and read about his rivals. Follow Rossi’s career on www.valentinorossi.info and see what the future holds for this multi world champion rider.

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Rampant Rossi outlines future ambitions (thewest.com.au) - Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:06:11 GMT
MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi says he could keep racing for years, after completing two days of testing for the upcoming season on an improved Yamaha.

Valentino Rossi tops the time sheets after day two at Sepang (Fullnoise.com.au) - Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:53:29 GMT
Valentino Rossi led the way for the second day running in Sepang today, concluding the first test of the year on top of the standings. His Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo was also on the pace today, finishing the test third fastest behind Casey Stoner . Rain this morning meant the track did not fully dry out until lunchtime and it was after one o'clock before Rossi l...

Rossi outlines future ambitions (Times of Malta) - Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:50:41 GMT
Valentino Rossi powers his Yamaha bike around the Sepang circuit. MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi said he could keep racing for two or three years yet, as the Italian completed two days of testing for the upcoming season on a new, improved Yamaha.

Valentino Rossi interview. (Crash.Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport) - Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:50:12 GMT
Q: What have you been doing during the off-season? How much training and how much holidaying? Valentino Rossi: If my time during winter was 100, lets say 50/50 between holiday and training. I went to the mountains with my friends and I snowboarded with them, which is my favourite winter sport. My training during the winter break is very different than the standard one during the MotoGP season ...

Valentino Rossi starts 2010 testing on top (Crash.net) - Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:54:58 GMT
Reigning seven time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi began 2010 MotoGP testing on top of the timesheets by a comfortable 0.491sec at Sepang on Thursday.