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Valentino Rossi

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Valentino Rossi is an Italian professional motorcycle racer and multiple MotoGP World Champion. He is considered to be the greatest and one of the most successful motorcycle racers of all time, with nine Grand Prix World Championships to his name - seven of which are in the premier class.

Following his father, Graziano Rossi, Valentino 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 up to the 250cc category with Aprilia and won the 250cc World Championship in 1999. After graduating to the premier class in 2000, he won the 500cc World Championship with Honda in 2001, the MotoGP World Championships (also with Honda) in 2002 and 2003, and continued his streak of back-to-back championships by winning the 2004 and 2005 titles after leaving Honda to join Yamaha, before regaining the title in 2008 and retaining it in 2009. He left Yamaha to join Ducati for the 2011 season, but it was confirmed in 2012 that he would rejoin Yamaha for the 2013 and 2014 seasons. He suffered two winless seasons while at Ducati.
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The youngest rider ever to have won World Championships in all three classes 125GP, 250GP, and the 500GP/Moto GP
He always runs with number 46 in honor of his father Graziano, who ran with the same number.
Five consecutive times (2001-2005) world motorcycling champion in GP class, world champion in 250 class (1999) and world champion in 125 class (1997), considered by many the greatest motorcycle racer of all time.
One of only two riders to win back-to-back titles on different machinery who did it in 2003 with the Repsol Honda RC211V then again in 2004 with the Gauloises Yamaha YZR M1 the other being Eddie Lawson, who won the title riding a Yamaha in 1988 and again on a Honda in 1989.
Ranked 63rd in the 2005 Forbes Most Powerful Celebrity 100 List

I never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.
The great fights with your strongest rivals are always the biggest motivation. When you win easily it's not the same taste.
I have a lot of energy after 2 A.M. I like to sleep in the morning. I have some problems at the start of the day.
Also, when I started racing he knew a lot of people and it was more easy for me to find the first bike, so I have a good chance for sure.
To be a great motorbike racer, the most important thing is passion for the bike.

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