Yamaha confirms Valentino Rossi for 2006

[R1 Biker]

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. and Valentino Rossi are delighted to announce that
Valentino will stay with Yamaha for a further year. Rossi will continue to race
in Yamaha's MotoGP line-up riding the Yamaha YZR-M1 in the 2006 MotoGP World
Championship.

Rossi won the 2004 MotoGP World Championship with Yamaha and is currently
competing in his second season with the Japanese manufacturer's factory team.
The 26-year old Italian leads the 2005 MotoGP World Championship by 120 points,
following his 8th victory at last weekend's German Grand Prix.

Managing Director of Yamaha Motor Racing, Lin Jarvis, stated, "Since we
announced the signing of Valentino Rossi at the end of 2003 we had an
astonishing first year with him, and are now enjoying great success again in
2005. This year is the 50th anniversary for Yamaha and is therefore a very
special year for us.
We hope our MotoGP efforts will culminate in a second world title for Valentino
with Yamaha. We are obviously very happy to have Valentino with us for another
year and to keep him with MotoGP in 2006. The partnership with Valentino is the
key point that will now allow us to proceed with our total MotoGP strategy for
2006."

"I am so happy to be able to announce the continuation of my relationship with
Yamaha" commented Rossi. "Last year was magic, to win my first race with Yamaha,
and then to win the championship. I have a fantastic relationship with this
factory and my team crew, who have worked so hard to make the M1 as competitive
as it is now, and it just made sense to stay with Yamaha for another year."

High resolution, copyright-free photos of Valentino Rossi are directly available
on a dedicated photogallery on www.yamaha-racing.com/motogp/rossi_pictures.asp
and the Yamaha factory team media-only website: www.yamahamotogp.com

[HRC-E.B.]

Une autre dure année pour Honda en perspective...

[Mahmoud]

[R1 Biker]

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Une autre dure année pour Honda en perspective...

... HAHAHA you bet !!!!!!!!

[bike17]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentino_Rossi

[bike17]

celle la je la connais mais j aimerais savoir pour c est premiere course et a quel age ya pas du commencer sur une 125 d un coup sec

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The early years

Born on the 16th February, 1979 in Urbino, Italy, Valentino grew up surrounded by racing. Son of Graziano Rossi, a former motorcycle racer, he first jumped on a bike at the age of two, and his astounding career progressed in leaps and bounds.

Rossi's first racing love was actually go-karts. Fuelled by Rossi's mother, Stefania's, concern for her son's safety, Graziano purchased a go-kart as substitute for the bike. However, the Rossi family trait of perpetually wanting to go faster prompted a redesign; Graziano replaced the 60cc motor with a 100cc national kart motor for his then-5-year-old son.

Although Valentino showed interest in such things as his guitar and playing football, his interest in school and study waned. Shrugging off his mother's attempt to get him to attend soccer school, he found more interest in the gravel pits and various motorcycle GPs.

Graziano attempted to forge documents in an attempt to get Valentino's junior kart licence one year before he was legally allowed (he was 9 at the time), but ultimately failed.

Valentino won the regional kart championship in 1990. But before they had finished engraving his name on the trophy, a new craze had taken over. The minimoto had now become his weapon of choice, and before the end of 1991, he had won 16 regional races.

Although minimoto was for fun, he continued to race karts and finished fifth at the national kart championships in Parma. Both Valentino and Graziano had started looking at moving him into the Italian 100cc series as well as the corresponding European series, which most likely would have pushed him into the direction of Formula 1. However, the high financial burden of racing karts led to the decision to race minimoto exclusively. Through 1992 and 1993, Valentino continued to learn the ins and outs of minimoto racing, steadily racking up win after win.

The move to motorcycles

With Valentino growing both in size and talent, it became abundantly clear that a proper motorcycle was required to further his progress. In 1993, Rossi acquired a Cagiva Mito 125cc motorcycle, which was damaged in a first-corner crash no more than a hundred meters out from pit lane.

The bike was repaired, giving Rossi an opportunity to correct his first-corner mistake, only crash it into the second corner. It was an amusing yet trying moment for Rossi, who was trying to decide whether motorcycles were really for him.

Vale ended up finishing ninth that race weekend. Although his first season in the Italian Sport Production Championship was varied, he consistently improved his skills, leading to a pole position at the season's final race in Misano, where he ultimately would finish on the podium. By the second year, Rossi had been provided a factory Mito by Cagiva team manager Claudio Lusuardi and cruised to the Italian title.

[bike17]

ok merci

en anglais pas super douer

[RdKetchup]

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ok merci

en anglais pas super douer

Ok.

Il y a cette version en francais:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentino_Rossi

mais c'est vraiment pas aussi complet que la version anglaise...

et effectivement la version francaise de fait aucune mention de ce qu'il faisait avant de courir en 125cc pour Aprilia (1996)