Posted on 21 July 2008.
Valentino Rossi This afternoon’s qualifying session at Laguna Seca saw Valentino Rossi put his Fiat Yamaha M1 on the front row of the grid for the sixth time this season, qualifying second for tomorrow’s US Grand Prix. Yamaha and Rossi announced last night that he has signed a new deal to continue racing with the [...]
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Posted on 21 July 2008.
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd is delighted to announce that it has signed a new two-year agreement with Valentino Rossi. The seven-time world champion will continue to race with the Yamaha Factory Racing Team for the 2009 and 2010 MotoGP World Championships. The 29-year-old Italian joined Yamaha in 2004 and since then he has won two [...]
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Posted on 20 July 2008.
Full race results from the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca, round eleven of the 2008 MotoGP World Championship. Valentino Rossi wins a stunning battle with Casey Stoner, that ended prematurely when Stoner dropped his Ducati at the final turn with eight of the 32 laps to go. 1. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team [...]
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Posted on 16 July 2008.
Valentino at Mugello It is amazing that we are already halfway through the season and after nine races, with nine still to go, I can say I am satisfied with our position in the championship. Things have been going well, my Yamaha YZR-M1 has improved a lot from last year and we have been competitive [...]
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Posted on 16 July 2008.
Laguna Seca The Fiat Yamaha Team leave behind a two-month road trip across Europe this week as they take flight for America for their final appointment before the midseason break, with Valentino Rossi in fine form and on top of the MotoGP World Championship. After a rain-hit run of six races in eight weeks, culminating [...]
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Posted on 14 July 2008.
Valentino Rossi Valentino Rossi took the runner-up spot in the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring today and moved back to the top of the championship, after Dani Pedrosa crashed out of the lead on lap five. Rossi’s Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo was another victim of the first fully wet race of the season, [...]
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Posted on 14 July 2008.
Full race results from the German Grand Prix at a wet Sachsenring, round ten of the 2008 MotoGP World Championship. Dani Pedrosa crashed out on lap five, while holding a seven second lead. 1. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 47min 30.057 secs 2. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (B) 47min 33.765 secs [...]
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Posted on 13 July 2008.
Casey Stoner took full advantage of a slip from Dani Pedrosa to win a rain-soaked German Grand Prix as Valentino Rossi claimed top spot in the overall standings with a second place finish. Having set the pace in the dry during Saturday’s qualifying in Germany, Stoner proved he is just as adept in the wet, [...]
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Posted on 07 July 2008.
Sachsenring circuit The Fiat Yamaha Team faces the first half of a transatlantic double-header this weekend as the MotoGP World Championship heads to Germany for the tenth round of the season, followed immediately by a trip to the USA for round eleven. The two races are separated by just seven days and a distance of [...]
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