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Photo of the day: Valentino Rossi's Artichokati

26 April, 2020
We’ve seen motorcyle sculptures made with ice, sand or anything that can be molded into shape, but this has to be a first, Valentino Rossi’s Ducati made with artichokes.These photos were taken by Salvatore during the 61st Romanesco Artichoke Festival…

Lorenzo's and Rossi's Yamaha M1: photo gallery

26 April, 2020
Here’s a full photo gallery of the new Yamaha M1 2009 that will be the star for MotoGP, to be ridden by Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo. A new sponsor has appeared on the livery, with a Packard Bell logo…

Valentino Rossi Wins 'Caschi d'Oro' 2009

25 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi has won the 34th edition of the “Caschi D’oro” (Golden Helmet), a prize awarded by the highly respected Italian magazine Motosprint. The nine times World Champion also took the 2009 Top Rider prize, an award that was voted…

Yamaha announces Rossi replacement: Wataru Yoshikawa

25 April, 2020
Yamaha factory test rider Wataru Yoshikawa will replace Valentino Rossi for the next rounds of the 2010 MotoGP as the Italian rider recovers from his injury sustained at the Mugello round. Yoshikawa has a long career in riding, winning the…

Valentino Rossi-Yamaha a done deal?

25 April, 2020
Sportmediaset, during one of their daily TV sports updates has announced that Valentino Rossihas signed a two-year deal with Yamaha and that it will be officially announced on Wednesday morning August 15th (which is also a national holiday in Italy).…

Carmelo Ezpeleta also tips Rossi to return to his winning ways

25 April, 2020
Giacomo Agostini, Loris Capirossi and Tony Cairoli have all offered their opinion on Valentino Rossi’s chances this upcoming season, and now we have Dorna’s CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta who is also betting that the former World Champion will return to his…

Italian Rumors on the Romagnoli and Rossi/Ducati Stories

25 April, 2020
Max Temporali is a journalist/test rider who does the technical comment for MotoGP on Mediaset’s Premium digital channel, and reporting from Phillip Island, has added more fuel on the reasons why Daniele Romagnoli has decided to leave his position as…

Who deserves to win Rossi's Donkey helmet and ears?

24 April, 2020
Once and awhile it’s nice to make fun of motorcycle racers with a little irreverent humor and irony and this is what Spanish website Solomoto is doing with their poll ‘Orejas de Burro’ (Donkey Ears) which is more or less,…

MotoGP Brno: Jorge Lorenzo Dominates in FP1

24 April, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo came back from his relaxing holidays in Santo Domingo to continue his domination on track. The Spaniard was the fastest rider in today’s MotoGP free practice at Brno and also took the track record with 20 minutes remaining…

A Valentino Rossi Celebration – Part 1

24 April, 2020
Either you love him or you hate him, but no one can deny that Valentino Rossi is the superstar icon of MotoGP racing and to celebrate his 8th title, the Italian TV programme Matrix did a two hour interview with…

Valentino Rossi's 2011 Misano helmet

24 April, 2020
For his home races Valentino Rossi usually debuts a new helmet design and for this year’s Misano GP he and Aldo Drudi came up with this ironic idea that he showed off this morning during FP3. We think the design…

Valentino Rossi: "Racing was the best medicine"

24 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi and ‘Uccio’ Salucci may have finished only 18th in the Blancpain Endurance Series race at Monza on Sunday, but taking part in the event seems to have recharged the batteries of the former World Champion after his controversial…

Valentino Rossi invites Marc Marquez to ride at his Motoranch

23 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi’s personal track, the Biscia, is already home for a number of his cronies, and he often welcomes other riders from the Moto3 and Moto2 championships to train and have fun at his motoranch, where they often organize races.…