Valentino Rossi was born on Friday, February 16, 1979 and is a famous in auto racing. Aiming for a magnificent seven of Mugello MotoGP victories; Valentino Rossi is the man of the moment in the World Championship. Race winner in Shanghai and Le Mans, the Italian is now sitting pretty at the top of the overall standings and the odds of a home triumph this weekend have been cut significantly.

The name Rossi, in Italy, is a bit like Smith in English - a very common name that could trick you into thinking the people who carry it are very common people too. But in the case of Valentino Rossi and his family, things are seldom what they seem.
At three years old he was a total victim of my craziness. In an industrial zone he made a little obstacle course and attached your toy car to a scooter.

He sat in the car which, obviously, at every bend would go sideways and was already learning how to control a wheel and he enjoyed like crazy.

During the days of the mini moto, when Vale gave up at the difficult part, as he relates: “He took the mini moto and he threw it in the car and he said ‘now we’re going home because you can’t give up here, this is not a sport for cowards.’”

Valentino best race was at Imola in ‘79, in the Cup of Nations with the 500 when he beat even Kenny Roberts.

In his earlier days “One time he thought that there were two laps to go but there was only one. And scared that his competitor was going to overtake him, he gave too much gas and 500 meters from the finish and fell.”

Remembering Valentino of the first time he tried a real bike - a Cagiva 125, at 13 years old and fell twice in two laps, on the same bend.

Valentino Rossi was the most inspiring person to enter Formula 1 the last years. Not only that he came from Road Racing but the talent he clearly states with his performance.

While he might have chopped off his curls, Valentino Rossi is still the most famous Italian bike rider around - seven times world champion, he is the only rider in the history of motorcycling to have won the world championships in four different classes with his favorite bike YamahaYZR-M1! He is also the only one to have won for two consecutive years with two different brands (Honda and Yamaha), together with American Eddie Lawson. Rossi holds the record for the most consecutive wins in the MotoGP class, at 23 podium appearances.

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Valentino Rossi gets his first opportunity to wrap up the 2008 MotoGP World Championship this weekend in Yamaha’s home race at Motegi. Winner of 7 grand prix, this star is making news all around with his superb talent.

Valentino Rossi’s dominance of motorbike racing, along with his philosophy that generating excitement is more important than winning, has given his sport mainstream appeal and made him a superstar worshipped by legions of adoring fans. As Rossi attempts to win an eighth world championship, Rory Ross catches up with him in Spain With seven world titles and 89 motorcycle grand prix wins to his name, Valentino Rossi, the Italian ace, is a superstar sportsman of our time.

What qualities, we wondered, did Rossi think he has that make him stand out? ‘Good concentration,’ he said. ‘I am able to ride the bike and think clearly about strategy and tyres. I also have positive thinking. I am very constructively critical. I am very precise and very, very organized…’ A smile flashed across his face. ‘Well, more organized at race weekends than in my normal life. My normal life is like being on holiday. But at races, I need 100 per cent concentration. If I lose concentration, a lot of the time I crash.’

What Valentino likes more than anything else is a great race, which is not necessarily the same thing as winning. If he has a great battle and finishes second, he is still happy.

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