Valentino Rossi Ducati – MotoGP 2012

Round 5: Mugello, Italy Track length: 5245 m Opened: 1974 Fastest Lap Ever: 1′ 49.553 (Sete Gibernau, 2004) MotoGP lap record: 1′ 51.133 (Sete Gibernau, 2004) Last year MotoGP winner: Valentino Rossi Circuit tel: +39 055 8499111 Circuit web site: http://www.mugellocircuit.it 2004 MotoGP race summary Valentino Rossi held his nerve and maintained his race-long aggression [...]

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Valentino Rossi’s Honda and Yamaha career compared After winning the premier-class title for the third time riding Honda machinery, Valentino Rossi moved across to ride for the Yamaha factory at the start of last year and has now competed in 20 races on the Yamaha. . It is clear that Rossi’s performance since joining Yamaha [...]

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Gauloises Yamaha Team rider Valentino Rossi extended his lead at the top of the MotoGP World Championship with a victory from pole position at the French Grand Prix this afternoon. The Italian World Champion recorded the fastest ever motorcycle lap of Le Mans in qualifying yesterday and followed it up with a new lap record [...]

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Full MotoGP race results from the French Grand Prix at Le Mans, round four of the 2005 world championship. 1. Valentino Rossi ITA Gauloises Yamaha 44min 12.223 secs 2. Sete Gibernau SPA Team Movistar Honda 44min 12.605 secs 3. Colin Edwards USA Gauloises Yamaha 44min 17.934 secs 4. Marco Melandri ITA Team Movistar Honda 44min [...]

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Gauloises Yamaha Team riders Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards took the front two positions on the starting grid for the French Grand Prix in a grandstand finale to today’s qualifying session. After a wet morning practice the thick clouds were broken by bright sunshine that warmed the Le Mans circuit in the afternoon, giving the [...]

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The Gauloises Yamaha Team’s preparations for the fourth round of the MotoGP World Championship in France were hit by rain on a typically gloomy first day of action at Le Mans this afternoon. Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards had made a positive start to the weekend with consistently fast times in the first free practice [...]

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Round 4: Le Mans, France Track length: 4180 m Opened: 1965 Fastest Lap Ever: 1′ 34.088 (Max Biaggi, 2004) MotoGP lap record: 1′ 34.088 (Max Biaggi, 2004) Last year MotoGP winner: Sete Gibernau Circuit tel: +33 2 43402430 Circuit web site: http://www.lemans.org 2004 MotoGP race summary Carlos Checa took a well-earned second in the 2004 [...]

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Full MotoGP race results from the Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai, round three of the 2005 world championship. 1. Valentino Rossi ITA Gauloises Yamaha 50min 2.463 secs 2. Olivier Jacque FRA Kawasaki Racing Team 50min 4.163 secs 3. Marco Melandri ITA Team Movistar Honda 50min 19.037 secs 4. Sete Gibernau SPA Team Movistar Honda 50min [...]

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Gauloises Yamaha Team rider Valentino Rossi made history once again today, becoming the first rider to take a MotoGP victory at Shanghai, with a stunning performance in torrentially wet conditions at the inaugural Grand Prix of China. Despite starting from sixth place on the grid Rossi took control of the race on the fifth lap, [...]

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If Valentino Rossi finishes in the top three in China he will be the first Yamaha rider in the premier-class since Wayne Rainey in 1993 to have scored podium finishes at the first three races of the year. Sixth place on the grid is his lowest qualifying result since the Qatar GP last year. Rossi [...]

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