Senin, 15 September 2008

MOTO GP record

All records are correct as of September 15, 2008

At the French MotoGP at Le Mans on 19 May 2008, Rossi joined Ángel Nieto on 90 wins as second equal on the all-time winners list in all categories. Nieto was in the crowd, dressed to ride with a special shirt congratulating Rossi. Nieto mounted Rossi's bike, and Rossi as a passenger held a flag aloft with "90 + 90", as they took a victory lap[19].

500 cc/MotoGP records:

  • Rossi is second in all time world championship wins with 5 world championships along with Michael Doohan, behind Giacomo Agostini with 8 world championships.
  • Rossi is second in consecutive world championship wins with 5 consecutive world championships in 2001-2005 along with Michael Doohan with 5 consecutive world championships in 1994-1998, behind Giacomo Agostini with 7 consecutive world championships in 1966-1972.
  • Rossi is first in all time race wins standings with 69 race wins. Giacomo Agostini is second with 68 race wins.
  • Rossi is first in all time podium standings with 111 podiums in premier class.
  • Rossi is second in all time pole positions standings with 41 pole positions, behind Michael Doohan with 58 pole positions.
  • Rossi is second in all time race fastest laps standings with 55 race fastest laps, behind Giacomo Agostini with 69 race fastest laps.
  • Rossi is second in most race wins in a season with 11 race wins in 2001, 2002 and 2005 along with Giacomo Agostini, behind Michael Doohan with 12 race wins in 1997.
  • Rossi is first in most podiums in a season with 16 podiums in 2003 and 2005.
  • Rossi is third in most pole positions in a season with 9 pole positions in 2003 along with Michael Doohan and Kevin Schwantz, behind Michael Doohan with 12 pole positions in 1997, Wayne Gardner and Freddie Spencer with 10 pole positions in 1987 and 1985 respectively.
  • Rossi is first in most fastest laps in a season with 12 fastest laps in 2003.


250 cc records:


125 cc records:

  • Rossi is first in most race wins in a season with 11 race wins in 1997.
  • Rossi is second in most podiums in a season with 13 podiums in 1997, behind Álvaro Bautista with 14 podiums in 2006.


Overall records:

  • Rossi is fifth in all time world championship wins with 7 world championships along with Phil Read, behind Carlo Ubbiali and Mike Hailwood with 9 world championships, Ángel Nieto with 13 world championships and Giacomo Agostini with 15 world championships.
  • Rossi is second in all time race wins standings with 95 race wins, behind Giacomo Agostini with 122 race wins.
  • Rossi is second in all time podium standings with 147 podiums, behind Giacomo Agostini with 159 podiums. Ángel Nieto is third with 139 podiums.
  • Rossi is third in all time pole positions standings with 51 pole positions, behind Michael Doohan with 58 pole positions and Max Biaggi with 56 pole positions.
  • Rossi is fourth in all time fastest laps standings with 76 fastest laps, behind Giacomo Agostini with 117 fastest laps, Ángel Nieto with 81 fastest laps and Mike Hailwood with 79 fastest laps.


Other records:

  • Rossi is the second rider to win consecutive world championships with different manufacturers (2001-2003 with Honda and 2004-2005 with Yamaha) along with Eddie Lawson (1988 with Yamaha and 1989 with Honda).
  • Rossi is the only rider to win consecutive races with different manufacturers. He won the final race of 2003 with Honda at Valencia and the first race of 2004 with Yamaha at Welkom (South Africa).
  • Rossi is the only rider to win seven consecutive races at his home Grand Prix at Mugello in 2002-2008.
  • Rossi is the only rider to win three races after starting the race from 11th or lower on the grid (British GP 2001, German GP 2006 & Dutch TT 2007).
  • Rossi is Yamaha's most successful rider in the premier class with 36 wins.
  • Valentino Rossi is the only rider to win World Championship titles in four different classes: 125 cc, 250 cc, 500 cc & MotoGP.
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RIDER MOTO GP

Valentino Rossi

(born February 16, 1979 in Urbino) is an Italian professional motorcycle racer and multiple

Valentino Rossi
Nationality Flag of Italy Italian
Date of birth February 16, 1979 (1979-02-16) (age 29)
Place of birth Urbino, Pesaro e Urbino Italy
Website fanclubvalentinorossi.com
MotoGP Record
Current team Fiat Yamaha Team
Bike number 46
World Championships 7 - 125cc - 1997
250cc - 1999
500cc - 2001
MotoGP - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Race starts 206
Race Wins 95
Podium finishes 147
Pole positions 51
Fastest laps 76
Championship Points 3544
2008 Championship position 1st (287 pts)
MotoGP World Champion. He is one of the most successful motorcycle racers of all time, with 7 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.

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 MotoGP World Championship after leaving Honda to join Yamaha.

Valentino Rossi was born in Tavullia, Urbino. Son of Graziano Rossi, a former motorcycle racer, he first began riding at a very young age.

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.

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.After this, he took up minimoto and before the end of 1991, he had won numerous regional races.

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 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.


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