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A flashback to Welkom 2004! 🔙 On his debut with Yamaha, Valentino Rossi added another page to the #MotoGP history books after a titanic battle with Biaggi f. 13 Jun 2016. The arrival of Valentino Rossi at Yamaha in 2004 gave the Iwata firm a major competitive boost in MotoGP™. motogp.com takes a look through history with 'Back When', exploring.

Valentino Rossi 2004

Valentino Rossi (/ ˈ r ɒ s i /; Italian: [valenˈtiːno ˈrossi]; born 16 February 1979) is an Italian racing driver, former professional motorcycle road racer and nine-time Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champion. Nicknamed The Doctor, he is widely considered to be one of the greatest motorcycle racers of all time, with some labelling him as the greatest ever. After a hard-fought battle with Sete Gibernau, Valentino Rossi became the first rider to win the MotoGP World Championship on a Yamaha since Wayne Rainey in. One of the craziest and most unpredictable races ever! 🤯Enjoy the full 2004 MotoGP race at Mugello 🇮🇹. Season summary MotoGP class. At the end of 2003, HRC and Valentino Rossi had parted ways, and HRC held Rossi to the letter of their contract which stipulated he could not ride another manufacturer's machine until 31 December 2003. Rossi's move to Yamaha, therefore, was a gamble on a manufacturer that hadn't had won a world championship in 12 years.Rossi won the first round of the season and.

Peter McLaren. 17 Oct 2004. Valentino Rossi's Yamaha dream has become a reality: The Italian has won his sixth world championship and Yamaha's first premier-class title since 1992 with a heart. On this day 15 years ago. Valentino Rossi clinched his first #MotoGP victory with Yamaha at Welkom Sit back and enjoy the 2004 South African Grand. Rossi clinches the championship title on the latest YZR-M1 Rossi was a winner on his YZR-M1. Valentino Rossi joined the Yamaha team from this season. The newest version of the YZR-M1 was ridden by Rossi, Carlos Checa, Marco Melandri, and Norifumi Abe. At the end of the 16-round series, Rossi was crowned the champion after taking nine wins on. Valentino Rossi. Born February 1979. A major star of the racing world with nine world titles. Joined Yamaha in 2004 and rode a YZR-M1 to victory four times in 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2009. In 2011 Rossi will leave Yamaha to ride in the MotoGP with Ducati. After taking the GP125 title in 1997 and the GP250 title in 1999 on Aprilia machines, Rossi.

valentino Rossi, pre season testing 2004 Pilot, Motogp, Motori

Valentino Rossi's top five races.. Rossi took on a new challenge for 2004 by switching to Yamaha. It was a move that many questioned. The factory was struggling badly, without a win in 18. Few expected Yamaha to win from the outset in 2004, but Valentino Rossi had other ideas! 💪16 years ago today, The Doctor made a dream start to life at Monst. 56. Wins in a season with Yamaha. 11 ( 2005 ) Consecutive wins with Yamaha. 5 ( 2005 Chinese GP - 2005 Dutch TT, 2008 United States GP - 2008 Japanese GP ) Championship titles with different motorcycles. 4 ( 500cc Honda, 990cc Honda, 990cc Yamaha, 800cc Yamaha ) Championship titles with different engine displacement. At the 2004 season-opening race he beat Biaggi, now riding an RC211V, by two tenths to become the first (and so far, only) rider to win back-to-back premier-class races with different brands of motorcycles.. A day of emotion as Valentino Rossi looks back at his last ride. Reunited with all the bikes from his career in Valencia.

2004 YAMAHA YZRM1 46 Valentino Rossi Vr46, Sidewalks, Brembo

The first meeting between Valentino Rossi and the YZR-M1 occurred in 2004. It is now a famous story that the engine he chose from among the prototypes he first tested was the one he called a "sweet" engine. That was the word he used to describe the engine feeling, and it can be used to describe the relationship between Rossi and the M1 machine. Faster: Directed by Mark Neale. With Ewan McGregor, Valentino Rossi, Max Biaggi, Garry McCoy. Filmed around the world in 2001 and 2002, Faster captures the rise of MotoGP superstar Valentino Rossi amid ferocious competition, especially from his bitter rival Max Biaggi.