MotoGP - Valentino Rossi - Yamaha Racing
Posted by admin on Sep-28-2008 under Aprilia, Honda, Yamaha, Yamaha FZ1
Five-time MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi starts his fifth season with Yamaha in an unusual position, following what was undoubtedly one of the hardest seasons of his career. Rossi took four race wins in 2007 and several podiums, but his prodigious talents were limited by technical and tyre problems as well as plain bad luck. The Italian missed out on the runner-up spot in the championship by just one point after his final race was wrecked by injury and third place was his lowest championship finish since his rookie year in 1996. 2008 will see Rossi hungry to win back the title he previously made his own for five years as he sets out on a new chapter in his career, having made the switch to Bridgestone tyres.
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