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Valentino Rossi deciding on German Grand Prix

Valentino Rossi will undergo a series of x-rays on Wednesday before making a decision on his involvement in this weekend's German grand prix.

The Fiat Yamaha rider was back in action today at the Brno circuit in the Czech Republic as he stepped up his recovery from a compound leg fracture with another outing on a YZF-R1 machine provided by the Yamaha World Superbike team.

Rossi Suggests Earlier Start Time at Qatar

Rossi, along with Rizla Suzuki rider Loris Capirossi, asked Dorna Sports, the rights holder of MotoGP, to consider an earlier start time due to accidents that occurred under the floodlights at Losail International Circuit during pre-season testing. Reports have said that during the night, moisture comes to the surface of the track around turn 2, causing slippery conditions.

Countdown To Qatar

Rizla Suzuki unveils 2010 challenger

Rizla Suzuki unveils 2010 challenger

A revised look, a new rider and technical advances define the 2010 Rizla Suzuki GSV-R.

Ahead of what will be its 50th anniversary in motorcycle racing, Rizla Suzuki has unveiled the bike it hopes will improve its fortunes in the MotoGP World Championship arena

Packard Bell Dot VR46 gets the endorsement of Valentino Rossi, nobody else

A Packard Bell pulling deal like this?!?! you gotta be kidding me!!! You cant just combine weak image of underpowered CULV netbook with Rossi’s high-powered motorbike...that's just wrong!

Double podium sees Fiat Yamaha seal triple crown in Valencia as Edwards scores fourth and Spies seventh place.

Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo finished second and third in the season-ending Grand Prix of Valencia this afternoon, the ninth time the pair have shared the podium this season. It ensured that Yamaha won the Triple Crown for the second year running after Rossi took the Riders’ title, Fiat Yamaha the Teams’ and Yamaha the Constructors’. Today’s result also sealed Lorenzo the runner-up spot in the Championship in just his second year in MotoGP. Between them the Italian and the Spaniard have taken ten wins and a further seventeen podiums, Yamaha’s most successful year ever in MotoGP.

Valencia GP - Pedrosa first

Dani Pedrosa of Spain won the season-ending Valencia Grand Prix on Sunday ahead of newly crowned world champion Valentino Rossi.

Jorge Lorenzo finished third to clinch the runner-up spot in the overall standings.

Casey Stoner, who won here last year, had been due to start from pole but was forced to retire after falling on the warm-up lap and high siding his bike while waving to the crowd.

Valentino Rossi Custom Yamaha R1 will benefit Riders for Health charity 2010

From a press release issued by Parts Magazine...

Today we are taking the wraps off a project by Publisher Don Emde that is almost a year in the making. It is, in fact, a project with a very special purpose. When completed, a customized one-of-a-kind Yamaha R1 will be sold at auction with proceeds going to the Riders for Health charity.

Vale ninth World Champions title!!!

In 2010 Valentino Rossi has continued to grow his legend and cement his place in the history of Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing. The Italian’s ninth career title is his seventh in the premier-class and his fourth since joining Yamaha in 2004. Here are some more statistics from the fourteenth season of his career:
• Rossi has now matched Mike Hailwood and Carlo Ubbiali with nine titles in all classes. Only Agostini with 15 has more.