Valentino Rossi
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| Nationality |  Italian |
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| Born | 16 February 1979 Tavullia, Italy |
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| Current team | Yamaha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | valentinorossi.com |
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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. 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.[2] He left Yamaha to join Ducati for the 2011 season,[3][4] but it was confirmed in 2012 that he would rejoin Yamaha for the 2013 and 2014 seasons.[5]
Rossi is first in all time 500 cc/MotoGP race wins standings, with 79 victories, and second in all time overall wins standings with 105 race wins (behind Giacomo Agostini with 122).
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Career
The early years
Valentino Rossi was born in Urbino, and he was still a child when the family moved to Tavullia. Son of Graziano Rossi, a former motorcycle racer, he first began riding at a very young age.[6] Rossi's first racing love was karting. Fuelled by his mother, Stefania's, concern for her son's safety, Graziano purchased a kart as substitute for the bike. However, the Rossi family trait of perpetually wanting to go faster prompted a redesign; Graziano replaced the 60cc motor with a 100cc national kart motor for his then 5-year-old son.[7]Rossi won the regional kart championship in 1990.[8] After this he took up minimoto and before the end of 1991 had won numerous regional races.[6]
Rossi continued to race karts and finished fifth at the national kart championships in Parma. Both Valentino and Graziano had started looking at moving into the Italian 100cc series, as well as the corresponding European series, which most likely would have pushed him into the direction of Formula One. However, the high cost of racing karts led to the decision to race minimoto exclusively.[citation needed] Through 1992 and 1993, Valentino continued to learn the ins and outs of minimoto racing.
In 1993, with help from his father, Virginio Ferrari, Claudio Castiglioni and Claudio Lusuardi (who ran the official Cagiva Sport Production team), he rode a Cagiva Mito 125cc motorcycle, which he damaged in a first-corner crash no more than a hundred metres from the pit lane.[9] He finished ninth that race weekend.[9]
Although his first season in the Italian Sport Production Championship was varied, he achieved a pole position in the season's final race at Misano, where he would ultimately finish on the podium. By the second year, Rossi had been provided with a factory Mito by Lusuardi and won the Italian title.
125 cc, 250 cc and 500 cc World Championships
Rossi had some success in the 1996 World Championship season, failing to finish five of the season's races and crashing several times. Despite this, in August he won his first World Championship Grand Prix at Brno in the Czech Republic on an AGV Aprilia RS125R. He finished the season in ninth position and proceeded to dominate the 125 cc World Championship in the following 1997 season, winning 11 of the 15 races.
By 1998, the Aprilia RS250 was reaching its pinnacle and had a team of riders in Valentino Rossi, Loris Capirossi and Tetsuya Harada. He later concluded the 1998 250 cc season in second place, 23 points behind Capirossi. In 1999, however, he won the title, collecting five pole positions and nine wins.
Rossi was rewarded in 2000 for his 250 cc World Championship by being given a ride with Honda in what was then the ultimate class in World Championship motorcycle racing, 500 cc. Retired 500 cc World Champion Michael Doohan, who also had Jeremy Burgess as chief engineer, worked with Rossi as his personal mentor in his first year at Honda. It would also be the first time Rossi would be racing against Max Biaggi. It would take nine races before Rossi would win on the Honda but, like his previous seasons in 125 and 250, it would bode well for a stronger second season as he finished second to American Kenny Roberts, Jr..
Rossi won his first 500 cc World Championship in 2001 (winning 11 races) in the final year of that class. In the following year, 500cc two-strokes were still allowed, but 2002 saw the beginning of the 990 cc four-stroke Moto GP class, after which the 500 cc machines were essentially obsolete. In 2001 Rossi teamed up with American rider Colin Edwards for the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race aboard a Honda VTR1000SPW. The pair won the race despite Rossi's lack of experience racing superbikes.
MotoGP
Honda (2002–2003)
It was more of the same in 2003 for Rossi's rivals when he claimed nine pole positions as well as nine GP wins to claim his third consecutive World Championship. The Australian GP at Phillip Island in 2003 is considered by many observers to be one of Rossi's greatest career moments due to unique circumstances. After being given a 10-second penalty for overtaking during a yellow flag due to a crash by Ducati rider Troy Bayliss, front runner Rossi proceeded to pull away from the rest of the field, eventually finishing more than 15 seconds ahead, more than enough to cancel out the penalty and win the race.
Partnered with increased scepticism that the reason for his success was the dominance of the RC211V rather than Rossi, it was inevitable[dubious ] that Honda and Rossi would part. Mid-season rumours pointed towards a possible move to Ducati, which sent the Italian press into a frenzy; the concept of the great Italian on the great Italian bike seemed too good to be true. Ducati did indeed try to seduce Rossi into riding their MotoGP bike, the Desmosedici, but for numerous reasons Rossi passed the offer up. Critics say that compared to the other manufacturers, Ducati had a significant way to go before being competitive even with Rossi at the helm. This proved to be the truth with Ducati's lacklustre performance in the 2004 season, which had actually been worse than their inaugural year in MotoGP in 2003.
In his 2005 autobiography, "What If I'd Never Tried It?", Rossi offers another reason for choosing Yamaha over Ducati, saying that the mindset at Ducati Corse was a little too similar to the one he was trying to escape from at Honda. Ultimately, Rossi signed a two-year contract with rivals Yamaha reportedly worth in excess of US$12 million; a price no other manufacturer, even Honda, was willing to pay.
Yamaha (2004–2010)
With the traditional first race of the season at Suzuka off the list due to safety considerations following the fatal accident of Daijiro Kato, the 2004 season started at Welkom in South Africa. Rossi won the race, becoming the only rider to win consecutive races with different manufacturers, having won the final race of the previous season on his Honda bike. Rossi would go on to win eight more GPs in the season, primarily battling Sete Gibernau, with Rossi clinching the championship at the penultimate race of the season at Phillip Island. Rossi ended the season with 304 points to Gibernau's 257, with Max Biaggi third with 217 points.
For 2008 Rossi changed to Bridgestone tyres. The season started slowly with a fifth place finish in Qatar, but he took his first win in Shanghai, and also won the next two races. From that race, Rossi was on the podium of every remaining race (except the Dutch round at Assen, where he crashed on the first lap and finished 11th), winning a total of nine races in the season. His victories at Laguna Seca (after a pass down the “Corkscrew” corner over Stoner,[10][11][12] who crashed but continued and took the second place) and at a rain-shortened race in Indianapolis, meant that Rossi has won in every current circuit in the calendar. His win in Motegi was his first victory there on a MotoGP bike. The victory at Motegi won Rossi his first 800cc MotoGP title, his sixth in premier category, and eighth overall.
On 8 June 2009, Valentino Rossi rode a Yamaha around the famous Isle of Man TT Course in an exhibition lap along-side fellow Italian motorcycle legend Giacomo Agostini, in what was called 'The Lap of the Gods'.[13]
On 5 June 2010 at his home race at Mugello, Rossi crashed in the second free practice session, around the Biondetti corner, at around 120 mph (190 km/h). Rossi suffered a displaced compound fracture of his right tibia, and after post-surgical care close to his home in the hospital at Cattolica, it was diagnosed that he was likely to be out for most of the season.[15][16] It was the first time that Rossi had missed a race in his Grand Prix career.[17] However ahead of the British Grand Prix, Suzi Perry reported in her Daily Telegraph column that Rossi was planning on making a comeback at Brno.[18] This was confirmed a week later by Rossi himself.[19] On 7 July, Rossi rode at Misano on a Superbike World Championship-specification Yamaha YZF-R1 provided by the Yamaha World Superbike Team to test his leg's recovery.[20] He completed 26 laps during two runs, with a best lap time that was around two seconds off the pace of recent World Superbike times at the circuit. At the conclusion of the session, Rossi complained of discomfort, reporting pain in both his leg and his shoulder.[21][22] On 12 July, Rossi took part in another test at Brno, after which Rossi stated he was happier and a lot more in form.[23] After an observation by the Chief Medical Officer on the Thursday before the weekend, Rossi made his return at the German Grand Prix, two rounds earlier than predicted[24] and only 41 days after the accident. He managed to end the race in fourth place after a battle with Casey Stoner for third. He added another race victory to his name at Sepang, Malaysia on his way to collecting ten podiums throughout the whole season, including five podiums in a row in the final run in of the season, where he finished third in the overall standings.
Ducati (2011–2012)
- 2011
A seventh place finish at Misano was followed by a tenth place finish in Aragon, before a first-lap retirement in Japan, after contact with Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies, which left Rossi with a blow to his finger.[31] He also retired in Australia, crashing out midway through the race. In Malaysia, Rossi qualified ninth but was involved in a collision with Marco Simoncelli and Colin Edwards on the second lap of the race. Simoncelli fell while running fourth, landing in the path of Edwards and Rossi, who both hit Simoncelli's Honda with Simoncelli's helmet also coming off in the incident. Simoncelli later died of the injuries he sustained in the crash, and the race was cancelled.[32] At the final race in Valencia, Rossi retired at the first corner after Álvaro Bautista fell from his bike and took down Rossi, team-mate Hayden and Randy de Puniet in the process. With his retirement, Rossi finished a season winless for the first time in his Grand Prix career,[33] and finished seventh place in the championship.
- 2012
Return to Yamaha (2013)
On 10 August, it was confirmed that Rossi would leave the factory Ducati team at the end of the 2012 season,[34] after two seasons with the team. Later that day, it was also announced that Rossi would rejoin the Yamaha factory team until the end of the 2014 season, partnering Jorge Lorenzo.[5]Rossi was reacquainted with the Yamaha, when he tested the bike between the 13th and 14th of November 2012 at a post season test at Valencia. However, rain prevented him from posting an accurate lap time, until he next tested the 2013 machine between the 5th and 7th of February 2013, in Sepang, where he posted a 3rd fastest time of 2:00.542 out of 28 riders, clocking 0.442 seconds from pace setter Dani Pedrosa; and just 0.113 seconds off his Factory Yamaha team mate Jorge Lorenzo.
Rivalries
Earlier in his career Max Biaggi was considered Rossi's main rival. Although they had not even raced against each other until 2000, the rivalry between the two had been growing since the mid-'90s. The rivalry died down as Rossi's consecutive World Championships and Biaggi's struggle to find support and a consistent rhythm with his races.In his autobiography "What If I Had Never Tried It", Rossi makes a number of claims about the reasons for his rivalry with Biaggi, and some of the incidents which led to its escalation. The rivalry was also featured in the 2003 documentary film, Faster.
Since then the two have not spoken and Rossi seemed to resolve to use the incident to apply psychological pressure on Gibernau. He is said to have sworn that after the Qatar race, which Gibernau won while Rossi crashed out after rising to 6th position, he would do everything to make sure that Gibernau never stood on the highest step of the podium again.[citation needed] Gibernau retired from Grand Prix racing after an unsuccessful, injury blighted 2006 season with Ducati and he never won another race after Qatar, prompting some in the Spanish and Italian motorcycle racing media to explain this fact by way of reference to the "Qatar Curse."[citation needed]
In 2007, Casey Stoner emerged as a rival for Rossi. Coupled with a Ducati, the young Australian won the first race of the year, followed by many more victories resulting in his claiming of the 2007 MotoGP World Championship title. Stoner's and Rossi's rivalry came to a dramatic climax at Laguna Seca Raceway in 2008. After numerous position changes, Rossi overtook Stoner at the Corkscrew. The bold move caused Rossi to run into the dirt and broken pavement on the inside of the right turn, and his rejoining the track came close to causing a collision between the two riders. A few laps later, Stoner went into the gravel on the slow entry into turn 11. Stoner picked up his bike to finish second, while Rossi took the win. After this, Casey Stoner made the comment, "I have lost respect for one of the greatest riders in history." For the comment, Stoner apologised to Rossi at the next race.[35]
In 2008, Jorge Lorenzo joined Rossi in the factory Yamaha Motor Racing team, which started a new rivalry. Rossi won the 2008 title, with Lorenzo suffering two serious crashes at Laguna Seca and China. In 2009, Rossi and Lorenzo resumed hostilities with Rossi emerging as champion again. In 2009, Rossi defeated Lorenzo in several tight battles, at Valencia, Assen, Sachsenring and, most memorably, Lorenzo's home race at Catalunya, after passing him in the final corner to take victory. In 2010, Lorenzo finally emerged victorious in the championship battle, after Rossi first injured his shoulder in a motocross training accident, then breaking his shin-bone after a vicious crash in Mugello, missing 4 races.
Nicknames
Since dominating the 500 cc category later known as MotoGP, "The Doctor" has become the nickname of choice for Rossi. Two theories prevail as to why Rossi uses "The Doctor." One is that Rossi adopted the nickname upon having earned a degree, which in Italy entitles one to use the title "Doctor". Another, as spoken by Graziano himself, "The Doctor because, I don't think there is a particular reason, but it's beautiful, and is important, The Doctor. And in Italy, The Doctor is a name you give to someone for respect, it's very important, The Doctor... important".[36] Rossi often jokes, however, that the name arrived because in Italy, Rossi is a common surname for Doctors.
He has always raced with the number No. 46 in his motorcycle grand prix career. The number his father had raced with in the first of his 3 grand prix career wins, in 1979, in Yugoslavia, on a 250c Morbidelli. Typically, a World Championship winner is awarded the No. 1 sticker for the next season. However, in a homage to Barry Sheene, who was the first rider of the modern era to keep the same number (#7), Rossi has stayed with the now-famous No. 46 throughout his career, though as the world champion he has worn the No. 1 on the shoulder of his racing leathers.
The text on his helmet refers to the name of his group of friends: "The Tribe of the Chihuahua," and the letters WLF on his leathers stand for "Viva La Figa," Italian for "Long Live Pussy." He has so far escaped any sanctions or ultimatums that he remove the letters because the "W" in "WLF" represents the two "V"s in "ViVa". Equally obvious is his success at escaping any disciplinary action from the FIM or Dorna for having the letters so brazenly on the front neck area of his leathers. He traditionally also incorporates his favorite color (fluorescent yellow) into his leather designs. This has also earned him the nickname 'Highlighter Pen' more recently. It is most commonly used by commentators Toby Moody and Julian Ryder.
Fellow motorcycle racer and former team mate Colin Edwards, as well as some TV journalists, have often referred to him as 'the GOAT' (Greatest of all Time).[37]
Other motorsport activities
In May 2006, Rossi announced that he would be staying in MotoGP until he felt his work on the motorbike was "finished." Ferrari driver Schumacher said that he felt "saddened" by Rossi's decision but supported it. Rossi subsequently signed a new contract with Yamaha for the 2007 and 2008 seasons, then for 2009 and 2010.
Beyond his interest in F1, Rossi's strong passion is for rallying. In Rossi's youth one of his heroes was WRC Champion Colin McRae. Rally legend McRae taught Rossi the basics of driving a rally car.[40] The two competed against each other at Monza in 2005, with McRae driving a Skoda Fabia WRC and Rossi winning in a Subaru Impreza WRC.[41] His first official foray into rallying came in 2002 at WRC Rally Great Britain in a Peugeot 206 WRC, in which he crashed out on the second stage (first non-superspecial stage).
In October 2006 it was announced that Rossi would enter that year's Rally New Zealand, a WRC event which was to run from 17–19 November.[42] He competed in a Subaru Impreza WRC04 finishing 11th out of 39. On 26 November 2006 Rossi also won the annual Monza Rally driving a Ford Focus RS WRC 04. He beat the 2005 rally victor Rinaldo Capello by 24 seconds, winning five of the seven stages on his way. He also managed to outpace former WRC Champion Didier Auriol by seven seconds in the head-to-head Master Show final. Rossi also announced at the 2006 Monza rally, that he would be entering the 2007 Rally of Great Britain, however, he later opted out. At the 2007 Monza Rally, Rossi again took first place.
Rossi had been linked with a move to both Formula One and the World Rally Championship in 2007, having tested for Ferrari and competed in a number of rally events.[43]
But Rossi decided to remain in Moto-GP; "I have a contract with Yamaha until 2008," said Rossi. "When that finishes then we will see. What I am sure about is that I will ride until I'm 31 or 32 at most. I will look for new stimuli in the next few seasons, but for now I am fully motivated".[44] Rossi signed a new two-year contract confirming he will be at Yamaha until 2010.[45] He originally planned to use the Impreza WRC2008 during his participation in the Rally GB in December 2008,[46] but decided to drive a Ford Focus RS WRC 07 instead.[47] He finished the rally in 12th place, 13 minutes and 20.4 seconds behind eventual winner Sebastian Loeb.[48]
In January 2010, Rossi has said that once he retires from motorcycle racing, he hopes to move into rallying. "There are not many changes in a man's body between 22 and 34 so I still have some time left. I would consider shifting to cars, probably rallying, after that before I finally decide to take it easy ... I know F1 would've been easier but by the time I finish MotoGP, I will be too old for F1."[49] Stefano Domenicali, Ferrari's Formula One Team principal, however, reasserted his wish to have a third Ferrari on the F1 grid driven by Rossi, whilst confirming that Rossi would test an older Ferrari F1 car on 21 and 22 January 2010.[50]
In March 2010, the Italian minister Franco Frattini government awarded Rossi the first Winning Italy Award for the image he portrays of his country on an international level.[51]
Helmets
Valentino Rossi has gone through numerous helmet designs throughout his career, most featuring the Sun & Moon motif, signifying (according to Rossi) the two sides of his personality. The artist of Rossi's current helmet graphics is Aldo Drudi.[52]Pre-ride rituals
Personal life
Reputed earnings
According to Sports Illustrated, Rossi is one of the highest earning sports personalities in the world, having earned an estimated $34 million in 2007.[55] In 2009 Forbes ranked Rossi as number nine among the world's highest-paid athletes having earned an estimated $35 million in the past year.[56]Tax avoidance case
In 2007, the Italian tax authorities declared Rossi was being investigated for suspected tax evasion. Having previously unsuccessfully investigated Rossi for tax evasion in 2002, the authorities announced they were investigating Rossi for undeclared revenues of 112 million euros ($160 million) between 2000 to 2004. The officials said, against the European Taxes Agreements among European countries, Rossi's London residency has enabled him to take advantage of favourable tax conditions, such as only declaring earnings made in Britain and avoiding taxes on his lucrative merchandising and sponsorship contracts, commenting that Rossi had: "residency in London but is not domiciled there." It noted that in 2002, Rossi's Italian tax form declared earnings of 500 euros, while sponsorship contracts were all reported to be made out to foreign companies, but with his affairs controlled mainly from Italy.[57] In February 2008, Rossi announced that he had reached a settlement with the Italian tax authorities: he paid 35 million euros to close the tax case.Other hobbies
Rossi tries to keep his personal life out of the public eye as much as possible, though he makes no secret of his fondness for Italian football club Internazionale. After winning his ninth World title in October 2009, Internazionale congratulated Rossi on their official website.Career statistics
By season
By class
| Class | Seas | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 cc | 1996–1997 | 1996 Malaysia | 1996 Austria | 1996 Czech Rep. | 30 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 432 | 1 |
| 250 cc | 1998–1999 | 1998 Japan | 1998 Spain | 1998 Dutch | 30 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 510 | 1 |
| 500 cc | 2000–2001 | 2000 South Af. | 2000 Spain | 2000 British | 32 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 15 | 534 | 1 |
| MotoGP | 2002 – present | 2002 Japan | 2002 Japan | 2002 Japan | 184 | 66 | 118 | 45 | 52 | 3085 | 6 |
| Total | 1996 – present | 276 | 105 | 177 | 59 | 87 | 4561 | 9 | |||
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)| Yr | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 125 cc | Aprilia | MAL 6 |
INA 11 |
JPN 11 |
SPA 4 |
ITA 4 |
FRA Ret |
NED Ret |
GER 5 |
GBR Ret |
AUT 3 |
CZE 1 |
IMO 5 |
CAT Ret |
BRA Ret |
AUS 14 |
9th | 111 | |||
| 1997 | 125 cc | Aprilia | MAL 1 |
JPN Ret |
SPA 1 |
ITA 1 |
AUT 2 |
FRA 1 |
NED 1 |
IMO 1 |
GER 1 |
BRA 1 |
GBR 1 |
CZE 3 |
CAT 1 |
INA 1 |
AUS 6 |
1st | 321 | |||
| 1998 | 250 cc | Aprilia | JPN Ret |
MAL Ret |
SPA 2 |
ITA 2 |
FRA 2 |
MAD Ret |
NED 1 |
GBR Ret |
GER 3 |
CZE Ret |
IMO 1 |
CAT 1 |
AUS 1 |
ARG 1 |
2nd | 201 | ||||
| 1999 | 250 cc | Aprilia | MAL 5 |
JPN 7 |
SPA 1 |
FRA Ret |
ITA 1 |
CAT 1 |
NED 2 |
GBR 1 |
GER 1 |
CZE 1 |
IMO 2 |
VAL 8 |
AUS 1 |
RSA 1 |
BRA 1 |
ARG 3 |
1st | 309 | ||
| 2000 | 500 cc | Honda | RSA Ret |
MAL Ret |
JPN 11 |
SPA 3 |
FRA 3 |
ITA 12 |
CAT 3 |
NED 6 |
GBR 1 |
GER 2 |
CZE 2 |
POR 3 |
VAL Ret |
BRA 1 |
PAC 2 |
AUS 3 |
2nd | 209 | ||
| 2001 | 500 cc | Honda | JPN 1 |
RSA 1 |
SPA 1 |
FRA 3 |
ITA Ret |
CAT 1 |
NED 2 |
GBR 1 |
GER 7 |
CZE 1 |
POR 1 |
VAL 11 |
PAC 1 |
AUS 1 |
MAL 1 |
BRA 1 |
1st | 325 | ||
| 2002 | MotoGP | Honda | JPN 1 |
RSA 2 |
SPA 1 |
FRA 1 |
ITA 1 |
CAT 1 |
NED 1 |
GBR 1 |
GER 1 |
CZE Ret |
POR 1 |
BRA 1 |
PAC 2 |
MAL 2 |
AUS 1 |
VAL 2 |
1st | 355 | ||
| 2003 | MotoGP | Honda | JPN 1 |
RSA 2 |
SPA 1 |
FRA 2 |
ITA 1 |
CAT 2 |
NED 3 |
GBR 3 |
GER 2 |
CZE 1 |
POR 1 |
BRA 1 |
PAC 2 |
MAL 1 |
AUS 1 |
VAL 1 |
1st | 357 | ||
| 2004 | MotoGP | Yamaha | RSA 1 |
SPA 4 |
FRA 4 |
ITA 1 |
CAT 1 |
NED 1 |
BRA Ret |
GER 4 |
GBR 1 |
CZE 2 |
POR 1 |
JPN 2 |
QAT Ret |
MAL 1 |
AUS 1 |
VAL 1 |
1st | 304 | ||
| 2005 | MotoGP | Yamaha | SPA 1 |
POR 2 |
CHN 1 |
FRA 1 |
ITA 1 |
CAT 1 |
NED 1 |
USA 3 |
GBR 1 |
GER 1 |
CZE 1 |
JPN Ret |
MAL 2 |
QAT 1 |
AUS 1 |
TUR 2 |
VAL 3 |
1st | 367 | |
| 2006 | MotoGP | Yamaha | SPA 14 |
QAT 1 |
TUR 4 |
CHN Ret |
FRA Ret |
ITA 1 |
CAT 1 |
NED 8 |
GBR 2 |
GER 1 |
USA Ret |
CZE 2 |
MAL 1 |
AUS 3 |
JPN 2 |
POR 2 |
VAL 13 |
2nd | 247 | |
| 2007 | MotoGP | Yamaha | QAT 2 |
SPA 1 |
TUR 10 |
CHN 2 |
FRA 6 |
ITA 1 |
CAT 2 |
GBR 4 |
NED 1 |
GER Ret |
USA 4 |
CZE 7 |
RSM Ret |
POR 1 |
JPN 13 |
AUS 3 |
MAL 5 |
VAL Ret |
3rd | 241 |
| 2008 | MotoGP | Yamaha | QAT 5 |
SPA 2 |
POR 3 |
CHN 1 |
FRA 1 |
ITA 1 |
CAT 2 |
GBR 2 |
NED 11 |
GER 2 |
USA 1 |
CZE 1 |
RSM 1 |
IND 1 |
JPN 1 |
AUS 2 |
MAL 1 |
VAL 3 |
1st | 373 |
| 2009 | MotoGP | Yamaha | QAT 2 |
JPN 2 |
SPA 1 |
FRA 16 |
ITA 3 |
CAT 1 |
NED 1 |
USA 2 |
GER 1 |
GBR 5 |
CZE 1 |
IND Ret |
RSM 1 |
POR 4 |
AUS 2 |
MAL 3 |
VAL 2 |
1st | 306 | |
| 2010 | MotoGP | Yamaha | QAT 1 |
SPA 3 |
FRA 2 |
ITA DNS |
GBR | NED | CAT | GER 4 |
USA 3 |
CZE 5 |
IND 4 |
RSM 3 |
ARA 6 |
JPN 3 |
MAL 1 |
AUS 3 |
POR 2 |
VAL 3 |
3rd | 233 |
| 2011 | MotoGP | Ducati | QAT 7 |
SPA 5 |
POR 5 |
FRA 3 |
CAT 5 |
GBR 6 |
NED 4 |
ITA 6 |
GER 9 |
USA 6 |
CZE 6 |
IND 10 |
RSM 7 |
ARA 10 |
JPN Ret |
AUS Ret |
MAL C |
VAL Ret |
7th | 139 |
| 2012 | MotoGP | Ducati | QAT 10 |
SPA 9 |
POR 7 |
FRA 2 |
CAT 7 |
GBR 9 |
NED 13 |
GER 6 |
ITA 5 |
USA Ret |
IND 7 |
CZE 7 |
RSM 2 |
ARA 8 |
JPN 7 |
MAL 5 |
AUS 7 |
VAL 10 |
6th | 163 |
Records
As of the end of the 2012 Valencia Grand Prix, Valentino Rossi holds the following records:[58][59][60][61]| Record | Number |
|---|---|
| Combined records (all classes) | |
| Podium finishes | 177 |
| Pole positions | 59 |
| Points | 4561 |
| Consecutive race starts | 230 (1996 Malaysian GP–2010 French GP) |
| Consecutive years with a win | 15 (1996–2010) |
| Championship titles with different engine displacement | 5 (125cc, 250cc, 500cc, 800cc, 990cc) |
| Most wins at Mugello (Italian GP) | 9 (1997, 1999, 2002–2008) |
| Consecutive wins at Mugello (Italian GP) | 7 (2002–2008) |
| Wins with Aprilia | 26 |
| 500cc/MotoGP records | |
| Wins | 79 |
| Second places | 39 |
| Podium finishes | 141 |
| Podium finishes in a season | 16 (2003, 2005, 2008)[Note 1] |
| Fastest laps in a season | 12 (2003) |
| Consecutive podium finishes | 23 (2002 Portuguese GP–2004 South African GP) |
| Consecutive race starts | 170 (2000 South African GP–2010 French GP) |
| Championship titles with Yamaha | 4 (2004–2005, 2008–2009) |
| Consecutive championship titles with different constructors[Note 2] | 2 (2003–2004) |
| Consecutive wins with different constructors | 2 (2003 Valencian GP–2004 South African GP) |
| Wins with Yamaha | 46 |
| Wins in a season with Yamaha | 11 (2005) |
| Consecutive wins with Yamaha | 5 (2005 Chinese GP–2005 Dutch TT, 2008 United States GP–2008 Japanese GP) |
| Championship titles with different motorcycles | 4 (500cc Honda, 990cc Honda, 990cc Yamaha, 800cc Yamaha) |
| Championship titles with different engine displacement | 3 (500cc, 800cc, 990cc) |
| Championship titles with different engine configuration[Note 3] | 2 (two-stroke engine, four-stroke engine) |
| 125cc records | |
| Wins in a season | 11 (1997) |
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