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VALENTINO ROSSI was born in Urbino dated February 16, 1979. Son of Graziano Rossi [champion three 250 cc World Championship in 1979], Valentino, starting a mini bike race in the championship in 1992.
In 1993 her debut with Cagiva in Italian Sport Production Championship 125 cc class and occupy the 12th position that season. Still with Cagiva in 1994 he ranked first in the standings. In 1995 he moved to Sandroni-Aprilia team and won the Italian championship 125 cc and in the same year in third place in European competition.
Dated March 31, 1996, the opportunity came, too, the world championship debut in the 125 cc class is still with Aprilia in Scuderia AGV Valentino flew to Malaysia for his first race. He was 17 years old, weighing 70 kg, including the heaviest player in its class. At that time he finished sixth. Then in the next series in Spain and Italy, Valentino finished fourth.
Valentino then finally managed to climb the podium in Austria, when he finished third. The day was dated August 4, 1996. Tavullia was having a party. That's not all. Two weeks later he won in Brno and later was in fifth position while racing at Imola. With a little disappointed, because Imola is only a stone's throw from his hometown!- Final Championship position [125 cc season, 1996]: 9th with 111 figures- Wins: 1 time [GP Czech]
In 1997, Valentino returned to try paved the way to win the world title in the 125 cc class and this time he succeeded, reaching 11 wins in a season: among others, including victories at Mugello and Imola. Each kemenancan Valentino is always enlivened by the creative action of typical Vale: from the style a la Robin Hood up to bring a rubber doll given by fans.- Being the second youngest driver [18 years 196 days] who won the world title with Nastro Azzura 125 cc Aprilia Team- Final Championship position [125 cc 1997 season]: sequence-1 with 321 digits- Win: 11 times [Malaysia, Spain, Italy, France, Netherlands, Imola, Germany, Brazil, Britain, Catalunya and Indonesia]
Vale in 1998 up to the 250cc class, stay with the team Aprilia Nastro Azzura, and after going through a bad start [a lot of accidents during the race], Vale won the season's final five series although it can not win the world title [for the record, that season each time the Vale never managed to finish outside the top three, always on the podium].- Final Championship position [250 cc season, 1998]: the No. 2 with 201 digits
- Win: 5 times [Netherlands, Imola, Catalunya, Australia and Argentina]
In 1999 Vale are still at home in Aprilia, start by not encouraging, but after two series, he got up and began a series of success until the end of the season with nine series championships, and led him to become world champion 250 cc class when he was 20 years.
- Being the youngest driver [20 years 250 days] who won world titles with Aprilia 250 cc Grand Prix Racing Team
- Final Championship position: sequence-1 with 309 digits- Wins: 9 times [Spain, Italy, Catalunya, Great Britain, Germany, Czech Republic, Australia, South Africa and Brazil]
In 2000, Valentino thanks to the approach of Michael Doohan, decided to move to a new team, Nastro Azzurro Honda, and moved to a higher class of 500 cc. Up to half of the season Vale seemed to be struggling to adjust to his new bike, he often dropped, as he had just entered the class 125 cc and 250 cc, and then rose in the mid-season. Vale began to stabilize on the podium after podium, but its rise was too late, because the difference in value with Kenny Roberts was already far away.
Until the end of the season, collecting two titles Vale [England and Brazil], 3 and 5 second place fifth with 209 points total, and that was enough to make only second to the world and won the Rookie of the Year. In other words, Vale will have to wait until his world championship 2001 season.
In 2001, as estimated observer, a year Rossi. The first four series this season belongs to Valentino. And gp series 14 in the Phillip Island circuit in Australia to be a witness coronation as world champion Rossi, complete collection of the world title three times and became the youngest driver in history has ever won the world championship in three different classes.

Born to race
Rossi was born to be a racer, he grew up in the environment is very supportive of his career. His father, Graziano Rossi is a great future racer '70s. Automated environment he grew a thick atmosphere of racing. When the kids his age preoccupied with his toys, Rossi playing with a real racing motorcycle in the middle of the paddock famous drivers or Loris Reggiani Luca Cadalora.
Entertainer
When I first joined the 500cc Gp team with former Doohan, which is headed by a reliable mechanic named Jerremy Burgess Australia, paddock atmosphere greatly influenced temperament temperamental Doohan. All the mechanics and staff teams tend to look serious and stressful. This atmosphere for Rossi's ridiculous, he thought he could not imagine a race without feeling fun, then when he started winning, he was determined to celebrate a massive, he said he just wanted to do something new, showing emotion wins the race.
Since then, become his trademark victory party. Not just with friends, as well as thousands of supporters who packed the circuit. By its actions, Rossi is like a magnet that attracts people to watch the GP. The lovers still remember the GP will give a lift action which costumed chicken fans around the circuit, the action give a lift fans who dressed the doctor, he also never ride a giant figure as a symbol of world champion, also the action of his wheelie and burnout had countless every victory. He also often gives kneepad or her hat to the fans to throw while on the podium. "Valentino is a great fighter. But he also knew that if we are at the center of the entertainment business. So he also likes to entertain, "says Burgess.
The nickname Rossi
In the course of his racing rossi nicknames often change and do things that attract attention and entertain. He reasoned that it was done starting with the intention of having fun and doing something funny.
Rossi Rossifumi nickname coined by his friend when Rossi race in the 125cc class this epithet created by Rossi impressed with the typical Japanese rider with long hair, Norick Abe who was then aged 17 years and with a persistent fight with Michael Doohan and Kevin Scwantz 500cc class, because The original name of the Japanese rider Norifumi Abe was then dubbed Rossifumi.Tahun Rossi 2004 Rossi and Abe are both defending Yamaha are in different teams but one graphic, which is the dominant color in the team biru.Rossi Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Team while Abe is ruled by the Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha Team.
Valentinik nickname was derived from the Daffy Duck cartoon character who becomes a superhero in Italy named Paperinik. The nickname was wearing at the time of the race in the 250cc class.

The Doctor After rising to the 500cc class at the 2000 season Rossi dubbed himself The Doctor because of race in the 500cc class of the seriousness and the need he felt he was not a kid anymore, but that he also liked the idea as a illmuwan crazy and doing crazy experiments, he considered worthy of wearing nicknamed it after getting the achievement as world champion. "In the 500cc race we do not need a superhero. We need only cool, calm, and thinkers such as doctors, "he said. In addition, the name of Valentino in Italy are mostly used by the doctors. He also started to decrease already considered a victory celebration that he did not deserve. "Simply by waving like other drivers, and night-out party with my friends."
Move to Yamaha
at the end of 2003 season 2004 season ahead of Valentino Rossi made a surprising decision. He decided to move from the team that defended the time it's the Honda factory team, Repsol Honda HRC who has to deliver himself won the world championship in 2002 and 2003 and brought Doohan won the world champion 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 also became world champion Alex Criville 1999. Rossi decided to leave the super team and choose to join the Yamaha team, who last won the world championship in 1992 by racer Wayne Rainey. Rossi moved to Yamaha team alone, it also brings Jerremy Burgess, head of the mechanics who used to deal with Doohan and Criville. They conducted a series of tests to fix the motor technology Rossi's Yamaha YZR M1 to be able to rival the strongest bike in MotoGP at the time, Honda's RC211V.
About this move, many are not expected and pessimistic he will be able to defend his champion. One pessimistic statement came from Max Biaggi, his nemesis said, "I do not think he moved to the Yamaha, but anyway it would be difficult to beat Honda. Rossi himself even less optimistic he is able to retain his world championship. "We need time to appear competitive, to win the first season with Yamaha is obviously very difficult". But he dispelled all these pessimistic views. even in the first series of the 2004 season in Grand Prix Welkom, South Africa that he beat Max Biaggi riding the Honda motorcycle, although the resistance is very tight, with yamaha motor, which terakhirnaik podium in 1992! even in 2004 and 2005, becoming the world champion Rossi with Yamaha! and became the first Yamaha rider the most winners in a season (9 x rossi champion at season 2005)
The highest achievement
1985 Go-kart first.
1989 Debut Karting 60cc racing.
1990 60cc champion regional karting championships, winning nine times.
1991 Ranked fifth in the Junior Championship Italian go-kart, first jump in the race minimoto.
1992 Italian Champion Endurance minibikes.
1993 Ranked 12 Italian 125cc Sport Production championship, with Cagiva motorcycles.
1994 Italian 125cc Sport Production Champion, with Cagiva motorcycles.
Italian national champion 1995 125cc; rank 3 125cc European Championship; ranked 11th in the Championship, Spanish Open 125cc Aprilia everything.
1996 Ranked 9 Grandprix 125cc, Scuderia AGV, ranking 10th European Championships with Aprilia 125cc.
Grandprix 1997 125cc World Champion, Nastro Azzurro Aprilia, Reach 11 wins from 15 races, winning the GP Included in Sentul circuit.
1998 Runner-up Grandprix 250cc Aprilia Nastro Azzurro.
Grandprix 250cc World Champion 1999, Aprilia Grand Prix.