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Results 1 - 10 of 1996

Valencia MotoGP: Valentino Rossi content with second

Matthew Birt, 09 November 2009 09:37

Valentino Rossi went some way to burying his Valencia jinx after he ended 2009 with a hard fought second place yesterday. The 30-year-old’s 13th podium of the season was his best in Valencia since 2004 though the Fiat Yamaha rider was powerless to prevent Dani Pedrosa from romping to a trademark runaway success. Rossi, who hasn’t won any of ...

Valencia MotoGP: Valentino Rossi unhappy with pace

Matthew Birt, 07 November 2009 17:53

Valentino Rossi faces a mountain to climb to end his 2009 campaign with victory in Valencia tomorrow. The Italian will start the 30-lap race from fourth on the grid having struggled with rear grip in today’s decisive qualifying session. Rossi missed the front row for only the fourth time this season as he finished a massive 0.666s adrift of pole-setter ...

Valencia MotoGP: Valentino Rossi ‘curious’ about Ben Spies

Matthew Birt, 05 November 2009 18:17

Valentino Rossi has told MCN he is ‘curious’ to gauge the performance of reigning World Superbike champion Ben Spies during his Yamaha MotoGP debut in Valencia. The Texan, who has raced in three previous MotoGP races for Suzuki, will ride a Yamaha YZR-M1 in the season’s final round as he prepares for his first full assault on the premier class ...

Valencia MotoGP: Valentino Rossi eager to test 2010 Yamaha

Matthew Birt, 05 November 2009 17:35

With the 2009 MotoGP world championship already secured, Valentino Rossi has cast one eye on next week's crucial test session when he will debut Yamaha's prototype 2010 factory YZR-M1 machine. Rossi will be back on track less than 24 hours after the final race in Valencia on Sunday testing a revised in-line four-cylinder motor and chassis on his YZR-M1, And ...

Jerry Burgess: Valentino Rossi could race until 2015

Matthew Birt, 04 November 2009 09:24

Valentino Rossi’s crew chief Jerry Burgess believes the Italian could carry on racing until the end of 2015 at least. Burgess reckons Rossi could carry on dominating in MotoGP into his mid-thirties in a statement likely to crush the spirits of fierce rivals like Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner. Burgess, who won his 12th premier class title in 16 years ...

Valencia MotoGP: Valentino Rossi relaxed and ready

Matthew Birt, 03 November 2009 14:17

Valentino Rossi hopes to end another MotoGP world championship-winning campaign at bogey circuit Valencia on Sunday. The Italian has endured a nightmare recent run at the Valencia track, which started in 2006 when a crash handed the final 990cc world championship on a plate to Repsol Honda rival Nicky Hayden. And in 2007 a technical problem with his factory Yamaha ...

Yamaha confident Valentino Rossi will stay

Matthew Birt, 29 October 2009 15:24

Yamaha boss Masao Furusawa is confident the Italian will not leave the Japanese factory when his current contract expires at the end of the 2010 MotoGP world championship. The 30-year-old, who wrapped up a ninth world title in Malaysia last weekend, insists he will decide on his future beyond 2010 by the middle of next season. Until that decision though ...

Yamaha want Valentino Rossi on lifetime deal

Matthew Birt, 27 October 2009 15:11

Yamaha is trying to secure Valentino Rossi on a lifetime contract to stop the newly crowned world champion from making a Ducati switch in 2011. Rumours about a big money future move to Ducati and Rossi’s recent disillusionment at the renewal of Jorge Lorenzo’s Yamaha contract has led to intense speculation that he will quit Yamaha at the end of ...

Sepang MotoGP: Valentino Rossi expects tough 2010

Matthew Birt, 25 October 2009 19:53

Valentino Rossi barely gave himself time to let his seventh MotoGP world title success sink in when his thoughts turned to mounting a successful defence in 2010. The Italian, who clinched the ’09 crown with third in a rain-hit Sepang race in Malaysia, admitted that he expects an even tougher challenge next season. But the 30-year-old, who is will be ...

Sepang MotoGP: Valentino Rossi stats and facts

Matthew Birt, 25 October 2009 19:48

Valentino Rossi’s ninth world championship success in Sepang cemented his place in the history of racing. The record-breaking Italian clinched his seventh MotoGP world title with third place in a rain-lashed Malaysian GP. Here’s some stats and facts on the 30-year-old’s incredible and illustrious career: Rossi has now matched Mike Hailwood and Carlo Ubbiali with nine titles in all classes. ...