Posted on 30 September 2005.
Gauloises Yamaha Team riders Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards will both start from the right end of the MotoGP grid at the Losail International Circuit on Saturday after setting the third and fourth fastest times respectively in this afternoon’s single qualifying practice for the Grand Prix of Qatar. Rossi secured his first front row start [...]
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Posted on 27 September 2005.
Circuit: Losail Circuit Country: Qatar Track length: 5400 m Opened: 2004 Fastest Lap Ever: 1′ 58.988 (Carlos Checa, 2004) MotoGP lap record: 1′ 59.293 (Colin Edwards, 2004) Last year MotoGP winner: Sete Gibernau Circuit tel: +974 4379 788 Circuit web site: http://www.qatargp.net 2004 Qatar review Valentino Rossi’s race started the inaugural Qatar MotoGP race from [...]
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Posted on 26 September 2005.
We’ve added a Valentino Rossi and Motogp photo gallery(pro) at Flickr.com: http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinorossi/ From now on and in the future, all photos of Valentino Rossi and MotoGP will be posted here. If you got some nice photos too? Feel free to add them, we like them!
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Posted on 26 September 2005.
A couple of weeks after dismissing suggestions that he will test for Ferrari next year, MotoGP superstar Valentino Rossi has admitted he is tempted by the prospect of a switch to Formula 1. In an interview with The Guardian, Rossi said exchanging two wheels for four to race for Ferrari would be “the ultimate challenge” [...]
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Posted on 25 September 2005.
Gauloises Yamaha Team rider Valentino Rossi clinched the MotoGP World Championship for the fifth successive season after taking second place in the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang today. Rossi became only the third rider in history to win the premier-class title on five occasions, emulating the achievements of Mick Doohan and Giacomo Agostini and adding [...]
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Posted on 25 September 2005.
Full MotoGP race results from the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang, round thirteen of the 2005 world championship. 1. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team 43min 27.523 secs 2. Valentino Rossi ITA Gauloises Yamaha Team 43min 29.522 secs 3. Carlos Checa ITA Ducati Marlboro Team 43min 29.592 secs 4. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team [...]
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Posted on 24 September 2005.
Gauloises Yamaha Team rider Valentino Rossi will launch his second attempt to seal the 2005 MotoGP World Championship in Malaysia tomorrow from the third row of the grid after setting the seventh fastest time in this afternoon’s single qualifying session. Rossi was the third fastest Michelin rider around the Sepang circuit, lapping almost 0.6 seconds [...]
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Posted on 22 September 2005.
Circuit: Sepang Country: Malaysia Track length: 5548 m Opened: 1999 Fastest Lap Ever: 2′ 1.833 (Valentino Rossi, 2004) MotoGP lap record: 2′ 3.253 (Valentino Rossi, 2004) Last year MotoGP winner: Valentino Rossi Circuit tel: +60 3 85262000 Circuit web site: http://www.malaysiangp.com.my 2004 race summary Valentino Rossi arrived in Sepang in very determined mood, wanting to [...]
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Posted on 22 September 2005.
The Gauloises Yamaha Team’s assault on the 2005 MotoGP World Championship continues this weekend as the world’s premier motorcycle series moves from Japan to Malaysia for the second race of the five race ‘flyaway’ series across Asia, the Middle East and Australasia. Just two days after packing the bikes and materials into the freight boxes [...]
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Posted on 18 September 2005.
Gauloises Yamaha Team rider Valentino Rossi suffered a rare fall in the Grand Prix of Japan today, after making a sensational start from eleventh on the grid and passing seven riders by the fourth lap. Seven laps later he suddenly came together with Marco Melandri (Honda) as they pitched into the notorious turn ten and [...]
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Posted on 18 September 2005.
Full MotoGP race results from the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi, round twelve of the 2005 world championship. 1. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team 43min 30.499 secs 2. Max Biaggi ITA Repsol Honda Team 43min 31.978 secs 3. Makoto Tamada JPN Konica Minolta Honda 43min 46.726 secs 4. Carlos Checa ITA Ducati Marlboro Team [...]
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Posted on 12 September 2005.
Motegi, Japan11/9/2005 Track length: 4801 m Opened: 1997 Fastest Lap Ever: 1′ 46.673 (Makato Tamada, 2004) MotoGP lap record: 1′ 48.524 (Makato Tamada, 2004) Last year MotoGP winner: Makato Tamada Circuit tel: +81 285 640001 Circuit web site: http://www.twinring.co.jp 2004 race summary Last year Valentino Rossi secured a second place result at the Japanese Grand [...]
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