Valentino Rossi

The nine times World Champion was honoured yesterday by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the image he portrays of his country on an international level. Related Posts Rossi takes BMW M Award and enjoys M3 GTS drive Nine time World Motorcycle Champion Valentino Rossi has once again won the BMW Best Qualifier Award... Rossi leading the way in BMW M Award World Champion Valentino Rossi leads the 2009 BMW M Award standings for best qualifier, just as he... Rossi targets M3... Read Full Story

Laureus World Sports Awards Although Valentino Rossi didn’t win World Sportsman of the Year during the Laureus World Sports Awards in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, the MotoGP Champion was nominated for the prestigious honor an unprecedented five times. read more Read Full Story

The MotoGP World Champion is nominated for one of the Laureus World Sports Awards which take place this evening, and tomorrow in Rome he will receive a tribute from the Italian government. Related Posts Season so far: Valentino Rossi The World Champion Valentino Rossi has a 30 point lead in the standings with four races to go, as he... Rossi and Lorenzo enjoy short trip to Thailand Following the first test of the season last week at Sepang, Fiat Yamaha Team riders Valentino Rossi... Read Full Story

Tire pressure has become a big deal in MotoGP racing. The single tire rule has had many effects in MotoGP and not always those intended. The pre-season test races are anything but the close race the one-tire-for-everyone rule was supposed to promote. One-tire-for-all has made it especially tough for the slower riders who now have to try and get some grip out of tires essentially designed for Valentino Rossi, Casey Stoner and the like. Thus riders have no use other set-up details to... Read Full Story

Moto GP champion Valentino Rossi admitted he was delighted after setting a stunning lap time of 1min 21.900sec during testing at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona on Thursday. Rossi was taking part in his second day of testing with the Ferrari F2008, the same car with which 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen set the circuit's lap record in 2008. That was a time of 1:21.670, just over a couple of tenths faster than Rossi's penultimate lap. "We kept the last three quarters of an hour to... Read Full Story

The final day of the Sepang test concluded with Valentino Rossi not only faster than his pole position time from the 2009 GP, but also extremely happy with the “great shape” of the M1 prototype. Related Posts Sepang test ends with Rossi fastest again The Italian betters his pole position record at the circuit and is one of four riders to go under th... Rossi tops Sepang times on first day After setting the fastest time at the Malaysian track three weeks ago, Valentino Rossi was the... Read Full Story

After setting the fastest time at the Malaysian track three weeks ago, Valentino Rossi was the quickest rider on the first day of the second official test of the year at the Sepang International Circuit on Thursday. Related Posts Rossi and Lorenzo enjoy short trip to Thailand Following the first test of the season last week at Sepang, Fiat Yamaha Team riders Valentino Rossi ... Positive first day in Ferrari for Rossi Valentino Rossi has completed his first of a two-day test in a... Read Full Story

The Italian betters his pole position record at the circuit and is one of four riders to go under the 2’01” mark, along with Stoner, Hayden and Edwards. Related Posts Rossi tops Sepang times on first day After setting the fastest time at the Malaysian track three weeks ago, Valentino Rossi was the quick... Super quick Rossi beats pole record at Sepang The final day of the Sepang test concluded with Valentino Rossi not only faster than his pole positi... Rossi fastest on first day at... Read Full Story

The first day for official riders of the second test at Sepang finishes with the Fiat Yamaha rider top of the timesheet and pleased with how his M1 machine is progressing. Related Posts Rossi: ‘Problem to fix before Phillip Island’ Valentino Rossi said a rear grip issue prevented him from challenging for the podium at Estoril. Yamaha management congratulate Rossi Lin Jarvis and Masao Furusawa have paid tribute to Valentino Rossi following his seventh premier cla... Satisfied Rossi... Read Full Story

Honda's Dani Pedrosa won the Valencia MotoGP here on Sunday, the final race of the 2009 season, while Japan's Hiroshi Aoyama claimed the 250cc world title. In front of 95,000 home fans, Pedrosa achieved his second win of the season while world champion Valentino Rossi of Italy was second on a Yamaha. Rossi's Spanish teammate Jorge Lorenzo was third. Pedrosa also took third place in the overall standings at the expense of Australian Casey Stoner, who crashed on the warm-up lap. Ducati rider... Read Full Story