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Rider - Valentino Rossi
Rider: Valentino Rossi
Team Mate :Jorge Lorenzo
If Valentino Rossi started the 2008 MotoGP World Championship as one of the best riders the sport has know then with 9 wins, 16 podiums (both breaking records) and his eighth crown, his sixth in the category with a new conquering YZR-M1, he established himself as the greatest ever MotoGP racer.
The Fiat Yamaha team and the charismatic Italian burst back to prominence after two dry seasons, and with epic performances such as his frantic duel with Casey Stoner at Laguna Seca and a masterful outing in the rain and hurricane condition at Indianapolis Rossi surged back to the very forefront of public consciousness.
The 2008 riders, team and manufacturer’s titles – the triple crown – was won with a string of results that saw the 29 year old only drop off the podium twice in eighteen Grand Prix and a hot spell of 6 victories from 7 races. His career stats are now unparalleled with 97 total triumphs (71 in the premier class) and 151 rostrum trophies and he hasn’t missed a Grand Prix since his debut in 1996.
Born in Urbino, Italy on 16th February 1979, Rossi was riding bikes from an early age thanks to the influence of his father Graziano, himself a former Grand Prix winner. Following an early start in go-karts, Rossi junior progressed to minimotos and quickly showed a talent for two-wheels, becoming regional champion in 1992. The next few years saw him quickly rise up through ranks of junior road racing, claiming the Italian Sport Production Championship in 1994 and the Italian 125cc Championship in 1995. The latter, twinned with an impressive 3rd place in the 125cc European championship, was enough to secure him a ride in the World Championship the following year.
Rossi`s World Championship debut came at the Malaysian Grand Prix in 1996 and he nished his rst international season in 9th place with one race win. The following year he became the youngest ever rider at that time to take the 125cc World Championship, winning eleven races along the way with Aprilia. The pattern continued when he moved into the 250cc class, taking second place in his rst year before becoming World Champion in 1999, once again with Aprilia.
In 2000 he entered a new phase of his career when he joined forces with Honda in the 500cc class. He proved his worth once again by nishing second, before becoming the last ever 500cc World Champion in 2001. Rossi subsequently took the MotoGP World title in 2002 and 2003, before moving to Yamaha and winning it again in 2004 and 2005. Rossi made history by moving to Yamaha in 2004 and winning the season-opening Grand Prix in South Africa, becoming the rst rider in the history of the sport to win back-to-back premier class races for different manufacturers. He went on to win nine out of 16 races, nally clinching the World Championship, Yamaha’s rst for 12 years, with victory at the penultimate Grand Prix in Phillip Island. The squad also wrapped up the Team title.
He dominated the 2005 season, winning eleven races in total, taking ve pole positions and only nishing off the podium once. In doing he became one of only ve riders in the history of the sport to win the premier-class title on ve occasions. He also helped Yamaha to win the Manufacturers’ and Team titles, ensuring Yamaha celebrated its 50th Anniversary with one of its best ever years in Grand Prix.
2006 saw him finish World Champion runner-up for only the second time in his premier-class career, having lost the title to Honda’s Nicky Hayden by just ve points following a nal-race showdown in Valencia. Despite this, Rossi still took ve race wins and ve pole positions in 2006, more than any other rider, and stood on the podium ten times.
2008 marked a significant improvement over 2007 in which Rossi took four race wins and several podiums, but his prodigious talents were limited by technical and tyre issues as well as plain bad luck.
A renewed effort by rider, team and manufacturer as well as a switch to Bridgestone tyres for 2008 saw Rossi turn around his fortunes. The latest version of the M1 was a cutting-edge tool for a rider of Rossi’s talents to again rule the roost.
One of the most popular members of the paddock, ‘The Doctor` has a wide fan base all over the world and is arguably the recognisable face of MotoGP in the same way Schumacher was for F1, Jordan for Basketball and Beckham for football. A keen football fan and an accomplished rally driver he returned to live in Italy during 2008 after several years in the UK.
1.Molim da se pogleda cila stranica jer ima dosta zanimljivosti o Valentinu Rossiju sto niste nikada ni culi.
2.Imate pogledati videa oni se nalaze pri dnu stranice i predobra su.
Morete pogledati na eurosport.com i na motogp.com.UŽIVAJTE!!!!!
Grands Prix
The 2009 revised race schedule was released on October 24, 2008. A Hungarian round was originally scheduled for September 20, 2009 but the organizers asked Dorna to postpone the event to 2010 due to delays in the costruction of the Balatonring circuit.
Due to adverse weather conditions, the Qatar MotoGP race was postponed until April 13.
* Qatar Grand Prix
* Losail International Circuit
* 04.12.09
* Japanese Grand Prix
* Twin Ring Motegi
* 04.26.09
* Spanish Grand Prix
* Circuito de Jerez
* 05.03.09
* French Grand Prix
* Le Mans
* 05.17.09
* Italian Grand Prix
* Mugello Autodromo Internazionale
* 05.31.09
* Catalunya Grand Prix
* Circuit de Catalunya
* 06.14.09
* TT Assen
* TT Circuit Assen
* 06.27.09
* United States Grand Prix
* Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
* 07.05.09
* German Grand Prix
* Sachsenring Circuit
* 07.19.09
* British Grand Prix
* Donington Park
* 07.26.09
* Czech Grand Prix
* Automotodrom Brno
* 08.16.09
* Indianapolois Grand Prix
* Indianapolis Motor Speedway
* 08.30.09
* San Marino & Riviera di Rimini Grand Prix
* Misano
* 09.06.09
* Hungarian Grand Prix
* Balatonring
* 09.20.09
* Portuguese Grand Prix
* Estoril Circuit
* 10.04.09
* Australian Grand Prix
* Phillip Island Circuit
* 10.18.09
* Malaysian Grand Prix
* Sepang International Circuit
* 10.25.09
* Valencia Grand Prix
* Valencia Circuit
* 11.08.09
Il Doctor, ora è davvero dottore: dopo il cantante Vasco Rossi un altro mito dei giovani e non solo ha ricevuto una laurea honoris causa in comunicazione: il campione di motociclismo Valentino Rossi, da Tavullia. Un titolo che gli mancava. Benché uno dei suoi nomignoli sia proprio "il dottore", Valentino Rossi "dottore" non lo è mai diventato, malgrado una laurea fosse sotto sotto il sogno di mamma Stefania.
A colmare questa lacuna ci ha pensato la facoltà di Sociologia dell'Università di Urbino Carlo Bo, che proprio questa mattina ha conferito al pluricampione la laurea honoris causa in Comunicazione e pubblicità per le organizzazioni. Il tutto in una standing ovation organizzata nell'Aula Magna dell'Istituto.
Giacca a righe, maglietta, jeans e scarpe da ginnastica, il neo dottore ha esordito con un... 'Sono abbastanza emozionato, come sto? La laurea mi rende felicissimo, e soprattutto rende felice mia mamma, che ormai si era arresa..."
"Sono molto contento" ha aggiunto il padre Graziano "responsabile" della passione per la velocità trasmessa al figlio. "Sono stato la causa della sua "dipartita" dalla scuola ed è stata una grande responsabilità portare avanti questo figlio" nel mondo delle corse. Oggi la laurea ad honoris "cancella questa preoccupazione definitivamente. Valentino, ha preso questa cosa con l'importanza che ha: vuol dire che ha capito che la città, che la gente gli riconosce grandi meriti".
Immancabile qualche luccicone agli occhi della madre, che ha raccontato di essersi arrabbiata con Valentino studente solo una volta, quando prese insufficiente in terza media. Nel parterre anche il cantante Lucio Dalla in veste di professore della facoltà. "Valentino - ha detto - è una grande comunicatore e comunicare è un dono della natura ma anche un dono acquisito".
"Certo che io ho faticato per prendere la laurea: ho dovuto vincere sei mondiali!". Incorreggibile Valentino Rossi, che anche da neo dottore non si smentisce e usa l' ironia per sdrammatizzare le situazioni emotivamente più forti.
In una conferenza stampa al termine della cerimonia per il conferimento della laurea ad honoris in comunicazione ("la prima in Italia in questo argomento", tiene a precisare il rettore di Urbino Giovanni Bogliolo), Valentino si è prestato di buon grado alle domande dei giornalisti che volevano sapere di lui come studente e della sua carica comunicativa. "A scuola - racconta il campione che è arrivato a fare due anni di liceo linguistico a Pesaro, prima di dedicarsi anima e corpo alle corse - la materia che mi piaceva di più era l' italiano, ma anche in matematica non andavo poi così male. Come studente mi ricordo soprattutto l' esame di quinta elementare, perchè alla vigilia mi ruppi il braccio sinistro, e per me che sono mancino fu un disastro".
"C'è sempre una grande pressione prima di un esame - divaga - e anche oggi l'ho sentita, più che alla partenza di un Gran Premio". Qualcuno gli fa poi notare che le sue 'zingarate' con l' amico Uccio sono diventate la cifra di uno stile da sublime comunicatore, che l'ha portato alla laurea.
"Quello è il bello - ribatte - che le cose pensate al bar la sera abbiano avuto tanto successo tra la gente. Forse il segreto è nelle cose vere, fatte per ridere". E la Tv? Come gestisce la sua immagine, l' icona mediatica Valentino Rossi? "Ho pochissimo tempo per me e quando ne ho non ho voglia di fare niente. In televisione non trovo tanti programmi dove poter andare, fare bella figura e soprattutto divertirmi. A me piacciono i Simpson, ma non mi hanno ancora invitato!".
"Nella mia professione - continua - è facile il rischio di sovraesposizione. La gente si stanca, mi stancherei anche io a vedermi sempre lì". Prima di andare via, Valentino si assesta sulla spalla la fascia arancione da neo laureato: "Mi tengo questo colore - se ne esce con un' ultima fulminante battuta - dopo che il magnifico rettore mi ha detto che il giallo è il colore dei cornuti".
(31 maggio 2005)
Valentino Rossi filled 30 years Italian motorcyclists Valentino Rosi (Valentino Rossi) yesterday(11.02.2009) celebrated its thirtieth birthday. One of the best drivers in the world celebrated the whole night and also received congratulations from the entire planet.
Rossi names main rivals
The 2009 Moto GP season is right around the corner with competitors making final preparations prior to the curtain-raiser in Qatar on Sunday.
The riders are seemingly relaxed and content with a lot less horsepower than they're normally used to before the qualifying starts Friday.
The man they are all chasing is Valentino Rossi, as the five time MotoGP champion looks to get off to a solid title defense.
The race around the Losail circuit will be the second one conducted at night – an added challenge for some riders.
Valentino Rossi, meanwhile, named 2007 winner Casey Stoner and Jorge Lorenzo to be among his main challengers.
Valentino Rossi (born February 16, 1979[1] in Urbino) is an Italian professional motorcycle racer and multiple MotoGP World Champion. He is one of the most successful motorcycle racers of all time, with 8 Grand Prix World Championships to his name. According to Sports Illustrated, Valentino Rossi is one of the highest earning sports personalities in the world, having earned an estimated $34 million in 2007.[2]
Following his father, Graziano Rossi, Rossi 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 250 cc category, again with Aprilia, and won the World Championship in 1999. He won the 500 cc 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.
The early years
Valentino Rossi was born in Tavullia, Urbino. Son of Graziano Rossi, a former motorcycle racer, he first began riding at a very young age.[3]
Rossi's first racing love was go-karts. Fuelled by his mother, Stefania's, concern for her son's safety, Graziano purchased a go-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.[4]
Graziano attempted to forge documents in an attempt to get Valentino's junior kart licence one year before he was legally allowed (he was nine at the time), but ultimately failed.
Rossi won the regional kart championship in 1990.[5] After this, he took up minimoto and before the end of 1991, he had won numerous regional races.[3]
Although minimoto was for fun[citation needed], 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 1. 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.
Rossi soon started to outgrow minimoto; a proper motorcycle was required. In 1993, Rossi acquired a Cagiva Mito 125 cc motorcycle, which was damaged in a first-corner crash no more than a hundred meters out from pit lane[citation needed]. He finished ninth that race weekend.
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 Cagiva team manager Claudio Lusuardi and he managed to win the Italian title.
In Rossi's youth one of his heroes was the late former WRC Champion Colin McRae. Rally legend McRae taught Rossi the basics of driving a rally car [6] and the two competed against each other at Monza in 2005, with McRae driving a Skoda Fabia WRC and Rossi a Subaru Impreza WRC, with Rossi winning. [7]
In 1994, Aprilia by way of Sandroni, used Rossi to improve its RS125R and in turn allowed Rossi to learn how to handle the fast new pace of 125 cc racing. At first he found himself on a Sandroni in the 1994 Italian championship and continued to ride it through the 1995 European and Italian championships.
Rossi had variable 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. Rossi treated it as a learning process and refined his skills enough to completely dominate the 125cc 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 formidable team of riders in Valentino Rossi, Loris Capirossi and Tetsuya Harada. But even with a fast bike and experienced championship-winning teammates, Rossi struggled in his first season in 250cc. Rossi considered 1998 the toughest year of his career, due to the persistent pressure to perform that he felt from Aprilia, the media and effectively everyone around him[citation needed]. The death of two of his friends in a car accident also took a toll. Again, he found himself learning the ways of his new bike in the first season, concluding the 1998 250cc season in second place, only three points behind the champion Capirossi. In 1999, however, he won the title, collecting 5 pole positions and 9 wins.
Rossi was rewarded in 2000 for his 250cc World Championship by being given a ride with Honda in what was then the ultimate class in World Championship motorcycle racing, 500cc. Jeremy Burgess had shown him the NSR500 and was convinced that the pairing of it with Rossi would bring nothing but success. Retired 500cc World Champion Michael Doohan, who also had Jeremy Burgess as chief engineer, worked with Rossi as his personal mentor in the first year at Honda. It would also be the first time Rossi would be racing against fierce rival, Max Biaggi. Although the two had never raced against each other, they were both Italian, both charismatic and talented, and often compared to one another by the racing press. Through a series of inevitable comparisons, well-timed and semi-inflammatory comments from each racer, and ever greater accomplishments on the track, an intense rivalry had developed between them. It would take nine races before Rossi would win on the Honda, but like his previous seasons in 125 and 250, it was a warm-up to a dominant second season. In his first season in the 500cc class, Rossi finished 2nd to American Kenny Roberts, Jr., with Max Biaggi finishing in 3rd place.
Rossi won his first 500cc World Championship in 2001 (winning 11 races) in the final year for the 500s. In the following year, 500cc two-strokes were still allowed, but 2002 saw the beginning of the 990cc four-stroke Moto GP class, after which the 500cc machines were essentially obsolete.
Also that year, Rossi teamed 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
Rossi riding his Honda RC211V MotoGP bike.
Inaugural year for the MotoGP bikes was 2002, when riders experienced teething problems getting used to the new bikes (or dealing with the inferior 500 cc bikes). Rossi won the first race and went on to win eight of the first nine races of the season, eventually claiming 11 victories in total.
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 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.
