Valentino Rossi Valentino Rossi brought the curtain down on a spectacular season with a third place in Valencia today, his 16th podium from 18 races in a year which saw him win his eighth world title. The 29-year-old Italian has taken nine wins, five seconds and two thirds this year, surpassing the all-time premier class [...]
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Rossi rounds out world championship season with 16th podium
Posted on 27 October 2008.
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Fiat Yamaha riders head to Valencia with more records in sight
Posted on 22 October 2008.
Circuit Ricardo Tormo A record-breaking season for Fiat Yamaha reaches its finale this weekend as the Grand Prix of Valencia brings the curtain down on the 2008 MotoGP World Championship. The traditional season-ending Spanish fiesta sees Valentino Rossi arrive with the title already in his pocket and the all-time points record for a season within [...]
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Rossi survives Sepang furnace to take ninth win of the season
Posted on 19 October 2008.
Rossi podium 2008 World Champion Valentino Rossi rode an inch-perfect race in energy-sapping conditions at Sepang today to take his ninth win of the season and his 150th career podium. He is only the second rider in the history of the sport to pass this milestone, the other being Giacomo Agostini, whose all-time win record [...]
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Rossi gets it right in tricky qualifying to take tenth front-row
Posted on 18 October 2008.
Rossi gets it right in tricky qualifying to take tenth front-row Valentino Rossi Valentino Rossi secured his tenth front row start of the season in Sepang today in a tricky qualifying session which saw the track conditions changing constantly after a heavy downpour. His Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo made it two Yamahas on the [...]
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Fiat Yamaha Team take podium mission to Malaysia
Posted on 14 October 2008.
Sepang A glorious MotoGP season for the Fiat Yamaha Team reaches its penultimate chapter this weekend, with Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo targeting the podium at the Malaysian Grand Prix in Kuala Lumpur. From the fresh air of Phillip Island the series heads to sticky and steamy Sepang with both riders keen to maintain Yamaha’s [...]
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Rossi roars through the field to take second on the island
Posted on 05 October 2008.
Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha rider and 2008 World Champion Valentino Rossi recovered from yesterday’s mishap to charge through the field from the fourth row at Phillip Island today, eventually taking second behind Casey Stoner. His team-mate Jorge Lorenzo took a second consecutive fourth place after a race long battle with several other riders. A mistake [...]
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Qualifying mishap leaves Rossi on fourth row down under
Posted on 04 October 2008.
Valentino Rossi An unfortunate mistake in the later stages of this afternoon’s qualifying session means that Fiat Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi will start tomorrow’s Australian Grand Prix from the outside of the fourth row. The new world champion ran off onto the grass approaching turn three and fell awkwardly when he hit the gravel trap, [...]
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Fiat Yamaha seek further glory at Phillip Island
Posted on 01 October 2008.
Philip Island The Fiat Yamaha Team make a triumphant return to Australia this week with the triple crown of riders’, teams’ and constructors’ titles already in the bag, one year after arriving at Phillip Island in very different shape. Valentino Rossi’s resounding victory at Motegi, combined with fourth place for his team-mate Jorge Lorenzo and [...]
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