Posted on 10 December 2009. Tags: Ford Focus WRC
MotoGP World Champion completes his participation at the Bologna Motor Show, where he drove a Ford Focus WRC. Rally specialists prevented MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi from accomplishing his target of achieving a good result in the 2009 Findomestic Memorial Bettega, at the Bologna Motor Show this week. The Italian rider’s involvement in the Memorial Bettega [...]
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Posted on 24 November 2009. Tags: ferrari, gt3, Vallelunga
Italian takes third place in the GT3 class, as he participates in the 19th edition of the 6 Hours of Vallelunga in a team with Andrea Ceccato and Alessio Salucci. Over 10,000 spectators gathered at the Vallelunga Circuit to watch Valentino Rossi on four wheels, as the MotoGP World Champion teamed up with Andrea Ceccato [...]
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Posted on 09 November 2009. Tags: double podium, race results, Valencia
Valentino Rossi Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo finished second and third in the season-ending Grand Prix of Valencia this afternoon, the ninth time the pair have shared the podium this season. It ensured that Yamaha won the Triple Crown for the second year running after Rossi took the Riders’ title, Fiat Yamaha the Teams’ and [...]
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Posted on 25 October 2009. Tags: Championship, Malaysian GP, Yamaha team
Valentino Rossi The indomitable and irrepressible Valentino Rossi took his ninth World Championship crown in Malaysia today, riding to third place in a dramatic rain-hit race at Sepang. It was the Italian’s seventh title in the premier class, his fourth for Yamaha – more than he has won with any other manufacturer – and his [...]
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Posted on 25 October 2009. Tags: 9th, statistics
Rossi’s ninth In 2010 Valentino Rossi has continued to grow his legend and cement his place in the history of Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing. The Italian’s ninth career title is his seventh in the premier-class and his fourth since joining Yamaha in 2004. Here are some more statistics from the fourteenth season of his career: [...]
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Posted on 25 October 2009. Tags: Sepang, World Champion
Race results from the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang, round 16 of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship. Valentino Rossi wins his seventh MotoGP title with one round still to go. The race was delayed due to a rain storm and wet throughout. Jorge Lorenzo began the race from the back of the grid. Niccolo Canepa, [...]
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Posted on 24 October 2009. Tags: Qualifying, Sepang
Full Saturday free practice times from the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang, round 16 of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship. Niccolo Canepa, who injured his arm in Friday practice at Phillip Island last weekend, has been replaced by Aleix Espargaro. 1. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 2min 0.518 sec 2. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat [...]
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Posted on 23 October 2009. Tags: Malaysian Grand Prix, setup report
Sepang track This weekend the MotoGP paddock heads to the tropics for the penultimate round of the season, the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang. Fiat Yamaha Team riders Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo have won 10 out of 15 races between them this year and there has only been one race when one of the [...]
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Posted on 23 October 2009. Tags: Malaysian Grand Prix, petronas tower
Rossi Lorenzo at Petronas Towers Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo made a visit to the world famous Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur today, the tallest twin buildings in the world and home to Fiat Yamaha Team Premium Sponsor Petronas. The riders appeared in front of some 2000 fans at the Petronas MotoGP Marquee at the [...]
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Posted on 19 October 2009. Tags: Phillip Island, race results
Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi finished a strong second in an entertaining Australian Grand Prix, chasing home Casey Stoner to finish on the podium for the tenth successive year at Phillip Island and for the eleventh time this season. Jorge Lorenzo’s challenge ended in the gravel trap at turn one, when a mistake [...]
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Posted on 18 October 2009. Tags: Phillip Island, race results
Race results from the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island, round 15 of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship. Casey Stoner wins home race for third year in a row; Jorge Lorenzo hits back of Nicky Hayden and crashes out at turn one; Rossi builds title lead to 38 points over Lorenzo; James Toseland given jump [...]
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Posted on 17 October 2009. Tags: front row, Phillip Island
Valentino Rossi Valentino Rossi will start his Phillip Island assault from second on the grid tomorrow, after sealing his twelfth front-row start of the season in Australia this afternoon. His Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo, who was still feeling under the weather following yesterday’s upset stomach, missed out on the front row by just 0.001 [...]
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