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Valentino Rossi (16 febbraio 1979) è un pilota di GP italiano

Valentino Rossi (16 February 1979) is a racer in the world motorcycle Grand Prix championship after the Michael Doohan era, with world titles in four different classes he won in a seven-year career. He is one of the most successful racers of all time, with seven world titles in the top class (500cc/MotoGP) and two titles in the 250cc and 125cc classes. According to the American sports magazine, Sports Illustrated, Rossi is one of the highest paid sportsmen in the world, he is estimated to be paid $34 million in 2007. The son of former 250 cc GP racer Graziano Rossi and Stefania Palma holds many records and achievements. surpassed many of his seniors. In total, this eccentric racer recorded 9 world titles, once in the 125cc class in 1997, once in the 250cc class (1999), and seven times world champion in the top 500cc/MotoGP class (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2008) and 2009).

After his father, Graziano Rossi, Rossi started racing at the 1996 Grand Prix for Aprilia in the 125 cc class and won his first world championship the following year. From there, he moved to the 250cc class on the Aprilia team 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 continued his winning streak with won the 2004 and 2005 world championships, after leaving Honda to join Yamaha, before reclaiming the title in 2008 and defending it in 2009 and 2010, he then moved to the Ducati team in 2011 after tensions with his teammates. However, while at Ducati he suffered a slight setback in terms of on-track performance which forced him to return to Yamaha in 2013 until now.

Rossi is the first in the standings to win most races in 500 cc/MotoGP history, with 86 wins, and second all-time overall standings win with 112 race wins (behind Giacomo Agostini with 122). Rossi, along with Jimmie Johnson (NASCAR), Michael Schumacher (F1) and Sebastien Loeb (WRC), are also widely referred to as one of the legends of automotive sports in the early 21st Century.