Valentino Rossi (born in Urbino, Italy, February 16, 1979, age 35 years) is a motorcycle racer in the world championship grandprix after the era Michael Doohan, with the title of world champion in four different classes are achieved within seven years berkarier.Ia is wrong the most successful driver of all time, with 9 title of World Champion. According to the magazine published by American sports, Sports Ilustrated, Rossi is one of the largest paid sportsmen in duunia, he paid an estimated $ 34 million in 2007. The son of the former 250 cc Grand Prix racer Graziano Rossi and Stefania Palma holds many records and accomplishments he achieved beyond many senior. This eccentric rider posted a total of nine world titles, once in the 125cc class, once in the 250cc class, and seven times in the top class, 500cc and MotoGP.
After his father, Graziano Rossi, Rossi started racing in Grand Prix in 1996 for Aprilia in the 125cc category and won his first World Championship the following year. From there, he moved to the 250cc category with Aprilia and won the 250cc World Championship in 1999. He won the 500cc World Championship with Honda in 2001, the MotoGP World Championship (also with Honda) in 2002 and 2003, and continue winning streak with a win world championships in 2004 and 2005, after leaving Honda to join Yamaha, before recapturing the title in 2008 and defended in 2009.
Rossi is the first in the standings wins the race in the history of 500 cc / MotoGP, with 79 victories, and second in all time overall wins standings with 105 race wins (behind Giacomo Agostini with 122). Rossi, along with Jimmie Johnson (NASCAR), Michael Schumacher (F1) and Sebastien Loeb (WRC), also widely known as one of the legends of motorsports in the early 21st Century.
Rossi was born to be a racer, he grew environment very supportive of his career. His father, Graziano Rossi was a formidable racer '70s. Automatic environment he grew a thick atmosphere of racing. When children age preoccupied with his toys, Rossi playing with real racing motorcycle in the middle of the paddock famous drivers Luca Cadalora or Loris Reggiani.
When I first joined the team alongside former 500cc GP Doohan, which is headed by a reliable mechanic Australia named Jerremy Burgess, paddock atmosphere greatly influenced temperament temperamental Doohan. All mechanical and staff team looks serious and tends to be full of pressure. This atmosphere for Rossi did not make sense, he said he could not imagine racing without feeling fun, then when he started winning, he was determined to celebrate the massive, he said he just wanted to do something new, showing emotion won the race.
Since then, become his trademark victory party. Not only with friends, also the thousands of supporters who packed the circuit. With its actions, Rossi like a magnet that attracts people to watch the GP. The GP lovers will recall action will give a lift chicken costume fans around the circuit, a lift action fans who dressed doctor, he also never ride a giant figure as a symbol of world champion, also action and burnout wheelie his already countless each victory. He also often gives kneepad or her hat to the fans by throwing it while being on the podium. "Valentino was a great fighter. But he also knew that we were in the middle of the entertainment business. So he also likes to entertain, "said Burgess.
In the course of his racing rossi, often changed nickname and do the things that attract and entertain. He reasoned that it was done starting with the intention of having fun and doing something funny.
Rossifumi Rossi nickname coined by his friend when Rossi to race in the 125cc class this nickname created by Rossi amazed with typical Japanese rider with long hair, Norick Abe, who was only 17 years old and with persistent fight with Michael Doohan and Kevin Scwantz 500cc class, because The original name of the Japanese rider Norifumi Abe then dubbed Rossifumi.Tahun 2004 Rossi Rossi and Abe equally defend Yamaha are in different teams but the graphics, which is the dominant color in the team biru.Rossi Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Team while Abe Fortuna Gauloises Tech shelter 3 Yamaha Team.
Valentinik nickname was derived from 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 in the 2000 season Rossi dubbed him with Doctor due to race in the 500cc class took seriousness and he felt he was not a kid anymore, but that he also liked the idea as a illmuwan crazy and do crazy experiments, he deems fit to wear nickname after getting achievements as a world champion. "In the 500cc race we do not need a superhero. What we need is just a cool, calm, and thinkers such as doctors, "he said. Besides, the name Valentino in Italy mostly used by doctors. He also began to reduce the victory celebration he deems unworthy already did. "Simply by waving like the other drivers, then an all-out party night with my friends."
At the end of the 2003 season before the 2004 season, Valentino Rossi made a surprising decision. He decided to move from the team that defended that time that the Honda factory team, Repsol Honda HRC deliver himself won the world championship in 2002 and 2003 and brought Doohan clinched the world championship in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 also Alex Criville became world champion in 1999. Rossi decided to leave the super team and chose to join the Yamaha team, who last won the world championship in 1992 through racer Wayne Rainey. Rossi did not move to Yamaha team alone, he also brought Jerremy Burgess, chief mechanic who used to handle Doohan and Criville. They conducted a series of tests to fix the motor technology Yamaha YZR-M1 Rossi to be able to rival the strongest in the MotoGP bike at the time, Honda's RC211V.
Regarding this move, many who do not think and pessimistic he would be able to defend her title. One pessimistic statement came from Max Biaggi, nemesis said, "I do not think he moved to Yamaha, but anyway be difficult to beat Honda. Rossi himself even less optimistic he was able to retain his world champion. "We need time to be competitive, to win the first season with Yamaha is obviously very difficult". But he dispelled all the pessimistic outlook. Even in the first series of the 2004 season at the GP Welkom, South Africa he beat Max Biaggi riding a Honda, although with a very tight fight, with Yamaha, the latter on the podium in 1992.
Even in 2004 and 2005 Rossi became world champion with Yamaha and became the first Yamaha rider at most in a single season champion (champion Rossi 9 times in the 2005 season).
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