ROSSI wins upto 100

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The 100 victories have come from 217 Grand Prix starts, a win rate over his career of 46.1%.

- Rossi has won on six different types of motorcycle: 125cc Aprilia (12 wins), 250cc Aprilia (14 wins), 500cc Honda (13 wins), 990cc Honda (20 wins), 990cc Yamaha (25 wins) and 800cc Yamaha (16 wins).

- His 41 wins riding for Yamaha is more than any other rider. The second most successful Yamaha rider is Phil Read with 39 victories.

- Rossi has won Grand Prix races at 27 different circuits. The circuits at which he has had most success are Mugello and Catalunya with nine wins at each.

- The most wins Rossi has had in a single season is 11, which he has achieved on four occasions: 1997 (125cc), 2001 (500cc), 2002 and 2005 in MotoGP.

- His 11 wins in 1997 is a record for most victories in a single season in the 125cc class.

- Rossi’s 74 race victories in the premier-class is more than any other rider in the 61-year history of Grand Prix racing.

- With his victory in Jerez this year Valentino Rossi became the first rider to achie

ve at least one Grand Prix victory for 14 successive seasons.

- The total length of his winning career from his first win in the 125cc race at the Czech GP in 1996 to his latest victory at Assen, is 12 years 313 days.

CAREER STANDINGS ::::

2008:   MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPION
2007:   3rd,MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPION
2006:     2nd, MotoGP World Championship
2005:     MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPION
2004:     MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPION
2003:     MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPION
2002:     MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPION
2001:     500 MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPION
2000:     2nd, 500 MotoGP World Championship
1999:     250 GP WORLD CHAMPION
1998:     2nd, 250 MotoGP World Championship
1997:     125 GP WORLD CHAMPION
1996:     9th, 125 MotoGP World Championship
1995:     125cc Italian Champion
1994:     125cc Italian Sports Production Champion
1993:     3rd – 125cc Italian Sports Production Championship
1992:     Regional Minimoto Champion
1991:     4th – Italian Junior Go-Kart Championship
1990:     Regional Go-Kart Championship – 9 wins
1989:     First Go-Kart Race