MotoGP - Valentino Rossi
08/07/2007 (update : 07/17/2008)

Date of birth : 02/16/1979
Place of birth : Urbino (Italy)
Size : 1,82 m
Weight : 59 kg
Nickname : The Doctor
Marital status : single

Website : none
(Yamaha Racing : http://www.yamaha-racing.com)

2008 : MotoGP world championship (Yamaha)
2007 : 3rd MotoGP world championship (Yamaha) - 4 wins, 4 poles
2006 : 2nd MotoGP world championship (Yamaha) - 5 wins, 5 poles
2005 : MotoGP world champion (Yamaha) - 11 wins, 5 poles
2004 : MotoGP world champion (Yamaha) - 9 wins, 5 poles
2003 : MotoGP world champion (Honda) - 9 wins, 9 poles
2002 : MotoGP world champion (Honda) - 11 wins, 7 poles
2001 : MotoGP world champion (Honda) - 11 wins, 4 poles
2000 : 2nd 500 cc world championship (Honda) - 2 wins
1999 : 250 cc world champion (Aprilia) - 9 wins, 5 poles
1998 : 2nd 250 cc world championship(Aprilia) - 5 wins
1997 : 125 cc world champion (Aprilia) - 11 wins, 4 poles
1996 : 9th 125 cc world championship(Aprilia) - 1 win, 1 pole

Valentino Rossi is a phenomenon : 7 world titles and 91 GP wins since 1996 (in progress !) ! The first season to learn, the second one to be champion, that’s how the Doctor proceeded in the 125 cc, 250 cc and 500 cc classes. Awesome on the track and in the paddock, looking like being blind to the pressure, he dominated his toughest rivals, Max Biaggi and Sete Gibernau. Valentino Rossi won the last 500 cc race in History, and the first MotoGP one. He’s the only rider to have taken the season opening race win in the premier class after a manufacturer change (2004). Real sorcerer, he brought Yamaha back to the top and, despite he isn't champion since 2006, his aura and motivation remained intact. To clinch another world title, he bet on the Bridgestone tyres. Nowadays, "The Doctor" is a modern icon, far beyond motorcycle racing.

2008
46 - Valentino Rossi (ITA, Yamaha)
Watercolours and India ink on 140 lbs paper,
14,4 x 19,2 "
May 2008

2005
46 - Valentino Rossi, Valencia (ITA, Yamaha)
Watercolours on 140 lbs paper,
12 x 16 "
February 2006
46 - Valentino Rossi, Donington (ITA, Yamaha)
Watercolours on 140 lbs paper,
12 x 16 "
February 2006
46 - Valentino Rossi (ITA, Yamaha)
Watercolours on 140 lbs paper,
9,6 x 12 "
May 2005
46 - Valentino Rossi (ITA, Yamaha)
Watercolours on 140 lbs paper,
9,6 x 12 "
May 2005
Available
2004
46 - Valentino Rossi (ITA, Yamaha)
Watercolours on 140 lbs paper,
12 x 16"
April 2004

2003
46 - Valentino Rossi (ITA, Honda)
Watercolours and India ink on 160 lbs paper,
8,9 x 11,1"
May 2003
46 - Valentino Rossi (ITA, Honda)
Watercolours and India ink on 160 lbs paper,
8,9 x 11,1"
May 2003
46 - Valentino Rossi (ITA, Honda)
Watercolours on 140 lbs paper,
9,6 x 12"
November 2003

2002
46 - Valentino Rossi (ITA, Repsol Honda), MotoGP Champion
Watercolours and India ink on 160 lbs paper,
13,7 x 17,0"
November 2002

2001
46 - Valentino Rossi (ITA, Honda)
Watercolours and India ink on 140 lbs paper,
12 x 16 "
April 2008

2000
Valentino Rossi, 2000
India ink and water on 106 lbs paper,
6,6 x 8,9"
November 2000
Available

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