He lost the 2006 title with a crash in the final round at Valencia. He also won MotoGP World Championships with the factory Honda Team in 20 and continued his run of back-to-back championships by winning the 20 titles after leaving Honda to join Yamaha. Īfter graduating to the premier class in 2000, Rossi won the final 500cc World Championship (becoming the last satellite rider to win the top-class title to date) and the 8 Hours of Suzuka with Honda in 2001. He had previously requested that the race number continues to be used in upcoming seasons, and not retired.
He is also the only road racer to have competed in 400 or more Grands Prix, and rode with the number 46 for his entire career. Nicknamed The Doctor, he is widely considered to be one of the greatest motorcycle racers of all time, with nine Grand Prix World Championships to his name, seven of which were in the premier 500cc/MotoGP class.
He won premier class World Championships with both Honda and Yamaha. Valentino Rossi ( / ˈ r ɒ s i/ Italian: born 16 February 1979) is an Italian former professional motorcycle road racer and nine-time Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champion.
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