Is a five times winner of the premier motorcycle racing series (known as MotoGP since 2002) and the way that things are going this year it looks like he will make it six. He also has a 125cc and a 250cc World Championship title.
Watched my recording of Sunday's race at a very windy and rainy Indianapolis Speedway the other night where having started from pole he ended the first lap in fourth place. By lap 14 he had taken the lead and when the race got red flagged at lap 20 he was over 5 seconds ahead of the second place man. This was not the most exciting race to watch but under the atrocious weather conditions they were all doing really well just to stay upright let alone do any overtaking.
This win was the 69th of his career taking him past the record of 68 wins previously held by Giacomo Agostini and means that he only has to gain another 13 points from the last 4 races to become champion once more.
This clip is from Laguna Seca 2008, it shows Rossi duelling with Stoner (last years champion), this sort of overtaking action is what I enjoy about MotoGP. These guys are nutters, exceptionally skillful but nutters nonetheless; shame about the music it would have been better with just the noise of the engines.
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Indiana has certainly gotten more than its fair share of rain this year. Saturated is an understatement.
I cannot believe how close the bikes get to one another, even touching, without a total catastrophe happening (at least not in that clip).
I try to watch the motorcycle races once in a while, but I get too tense.
rt, Touching is pretty rare in these races, the quality of their protective gear is demonstrated by how few fatalities they suffer.
Amazes me that when someone comes off at high speed and breaks some bones that they return to racing as quickly as possible.
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