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Rossi takes 2nd in Monza Rally Show

22 April, 2020
It’s now the off season for all the mainstream motorsport championships with the exception of the World Rally Championship, this often means drivers and riders enter other series as guest drivers. The Monza Rally Show took place at the Monza…

Valentino Rossi at Brno Video

22 April, 2020
Someone snuck this video off of Motogp.com of Valentino Rossi riding the Yamaha R1 at Brno to check out his fitness before deciding whether to ride at the Sachsenring, so we don’t know how long it will hold up before…

Valentino Rossi to sponsor stepbrother in CIV

21 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi’s step brother Luca Marini, will be debuting this weekend at Mugello in the CIV’s Moto3 category and his big brother will be sponsoring the team with his VR46 merchandising company14-year old Luca who won last year’s MiniGP championship…

Valentino Rossi to tie the knot with Ducati at Laguna Seca?

21 April, 2020
According to Italian daily Il Resto del Carlino, Valentino Rossi and Ducati have finally ironed out all the details regarding his contract with the Borgo Panigale manufacturer and the announcement will be officially made public at the Red Bull U.S.…

Dani Pedrosa more popular than Jorge Lorenzo in Spain

21 April, 2020
Try as he might, MotoGP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo just doesn’t cut it with Spanish consumers, as well as the much more shy Dani Pedrosa does.According to a recent consumer study by Personality Media, who indicates to advertising companies which…

Interview: Valentino Rossi

21 April, 2020
Over on Blog Dolce Vita, we’ve posted an extract from an interview with famous Italian icon Valetino Rossi (Valentino Rossi and the art of motorcycling). After the interview with Paronama First, we pulled out some of the best bits for…

Valentino Rossi is Italy's highest paid sports star

21 April, 2020
Italian sports stars apparrently don’t get much bigger than Valentino Rossi. After his move to Italian motorcycle manufacturer Ducati for the 2011 MotoGP season, it turns out Rossi is also the most highly paid Italian sports star around. It’s quite…

MotoGP, Jerez: massive gallery from the paddock

21 April, 2020
Here is a massive collection of shots coming from the pit-lane and paddock of Jerez, where the Spain Gran Prix of the MotoGP class took place last weekend. The gallery features many nice pictures of the riders relaxing in the…

MotoGP, Le Mans: huge photo gallery from the paddock

21 April, 2020
As usual, in the aftermath of a major race, we present to you a load of nice pictures taken at the event while the engines were switched off. The last MotoGP round at Le Mans saw Spanish star Jorge Lorenzo…

Loris Capirossi defends Valentino Rossi

21 April, 2020
Loris Capirossi rode the first Ducati factory bike in 2003 when the Italian manufacturer decided to go racing in MotoGP until the end of 2007 and then did another stint in 2011 with Pramac Ducati before retiring and currently is…

YamahaYZF-R1 Commercial

21 April, 2020
This commercial by Yamaha destined for the European market to promote their 2009 R1 is so classy and what better endorsement can you get that than from World Champion Valentino Rossi.

Official – Yamaha parts company with Valentino Rossi

21 April, 2020
Yamaha has released their official press release confirming that that another part of this year’s silly season is finally over and that Yamaha and Valentino Rossi are parting, as if this comes as a surprise after months of gossip and…

Valentino Rossi's TT Yamaha R1 on eBay

21 April, 2020
We last saw Valentino Rossi’s Yamaha YZF-R1 that he rode a parade lap during the 2009 Isle of Man TT in front of Highbarn Motorcycles that owner Steve Shaw tracked down to let his grandmother Hilda Wright sit on for…

MotoGP Sepang: Valentino Rossi surprises with win

21 April, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo took the 2010 MotoGP Championship title, but it was once again Valentino Rossi who offered racing fans one of the best races so far at the Sepang circuit, winning his second race of the season and his 46th…

Video: Valentino Rossi wiping out Casey Stoner at Jerez

21 April, 2020
A little more than an hour after the end of the wildest race we’ve seen in sometime, we’ve already got the first videos already appearing on YouTube of Valentino Rossi wiping out Casey Stoner at Jerez.The footage is lousy, but…

Italian GP Riders Racing on Karts (w/video)

21 April, 2020
What to Italian GP riders do in their spare time on a hot summer night on the Riviera Romagnola? They race against each on karts.Valentino Rossi, Marco Simoncelli, Andrea Iannone and Mattia Pasini and a batch friends, including Gianfranco Guareschi,…

Ducati confirms Valentino Rossi leaving at the end of 2012

20 April, 2020
As highly anticipated, Ducati has confirmed with a brief press release that after two highly disappointing seasons, Valentino Rossi will be leaving the Italian manufacturer at the end of 2012.“As the MotoGP series awaits its return to action for the…