Valentino Rossi Ducati – MotoGP 2012

Italian rider Marco Simoncelli has died after a horrific crash at the Malaysian MotoGP in Sepang. The race was stopped after four minutes when Simoncelli’s bike veered across the track at turn 11 into the path of Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi. The 24-year-old had his helmet knocked off and was hit by both other [...]

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Nicky Hayden and Valentino Rossi finished eight and ninth, respectively, in the German Grand Prix, after a lengthy three-way battle that also included Alvaro Bautista. The entertainment and thrills provided by the battle on track, and the fact that Rossi raced from 16th on the grid to a 9th place finish, can’t hide what was [...]

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Valentino Rossi may not have been able to repeat his 11th to 1st charge in the 2007 Dutch TT, but the Italian’s first race on the new Desmosedici GP11.1 did see The Doctor climb from 11th to 4th at Assen on Saturday. After struggling in qualifying with the new GP11.1 – which combines this year’s [...]

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Valentino Rossi said his first podium finish in Ducati colours was particularly satisfying because he had had such a tough start to his career with the Italian firm. Having struggled so far this season both with fitness following his 2010 shoulder issues and to adapt to the Desmosedici, Rossi came through from ninth on the [...]

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Nicky Hayden climbed the third step of the podium at the Spanish Grand Prix, in a race made so treacherous by rain that in the end, only twelve riders reached the finish line. The American rider, who started from the fourth row, was fast from the beginning, immediately making up ground. He was involved in [...]

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Riding with characteristic grit and determination, Valentino Rossi finished the Grand Prix of Qatar in seventh place. The Italian rider duelled with Ben Spies for sixth place as long as the strength in his still-healing shoulder allowed, and he managed to maintain a good pace to the end. After starting from the fifth row, Nicky [...]

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Rossi’s last race for Yamaha Team at Valencia Valentino Rossi last kiss to Yamaha bike

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Ducati is rumoured to be considering making an aggressive bid to secure the services of Valentino Rossi as early as next season, particularly if Casey Stoner proves to be Honda-bound. According to Spanish publication Motocuatro.com, Ducati’s difficult start to the 2010 season, which has so far seen it fail to get on the podium, is prompting some radical [...]

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Valentino Rossi has suffered a displaced and exposed fracture of his right tibia after crashing in practice for the Italian Grand Prix in Mugello this morning. The reigning World Champion crashed his Fiat Yamaha M1 at turn thirteen, the fast chicane at the top of the hill, and was taken immediately to the circuit Medical [...]

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2010 YZR-M1 The Fiat Yamaha Team unveiled its new 2010 livery today, on the morning of the first MotoGP test of the pre-season in Sepang, Malaysia. The championship-winning team will field the same line-up as last year with World Champion Valentino Rossi and runner-up Jorge Lorenzo once again spearheading its attack. The two-day test began [...]

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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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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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