We have evolved from a Moto3 team to a Moto2 team to a MotoGP team in a short time frame and now to be leading the MotoGP teams’ championship and signing one of the greatest riders the sport has ever known is incredible. 2014: 2nd - MotoGP Rossi kini tujuh tahun bersama pasukan Yamaha factory tetapi dia akan digantikan oleh penunggang Perancis, Fabio Quartararo, yang kini bersama pasukan satelit Yamaha-Petronas. Weight (kg): 69kg VIVA – Ayah Valentino Rossi, Graziano Rossi, menyemprot tim MotoGP yang sedang dibela anaknya, yakni Petronas Yamaha SRT, karena ada sesuatu yang tak beres. 2001: Champion - 500cc World Championship  Though tension ran high in Malaysia and he was forced to start at the back of the grid in Valencia, he still managed to ride from 26th position to 4th place in a thrilling race that will be remembered as one of the best comeback-races in MotoGP history. He just missed out on the trophy, but secured the Vice-Champion Title for the third year in a row. His experience will be a great asset to the team as we move into our third season in MotoGP and we are sure we will be able to learn a lot from Valentino. 1991: 4th - Italian Junior Go-Kart Championship Rossi became a regular podium finisher and then made the extra step, sending his home crowd wild at the Misano circuit with a superb victory, a feat he was to repeat later in the year with a second win at Phillip Island to secure second in the final world standings. Rossi will take a seat in the Petronas Yamaha squad alongside VR46 protege Franco Morbidelli, who should also be announcing a new contract soon. First race: 1989 His message is simple, yet effective to get us excited for what the 2021 MotoGP championship season has to offer. 2021 marks a paradigm shift in MotoGP, and Valentino Rossi wasted no time in greeting the new year with a simple wish dressed in the now instantly-recognisable Petronas Yamaha SRT colours. Rossi’s and his teammate’s consistent drive did bring Yamaha its seventh FIM MotoGP Team Title. The season started promising with the Italian scoring podiums finishes in Qatar, Le Mans, Mugello, Catalunya, and at the Sachsenring. Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. and nine-time World Champion Valentino Rossi have officially signed a one-year contract renewal for 2021. White or … In Assen the crowds’ favourite was fully fit again and he marked the occasion by securing a brilliant win from fourth on the grid. The season started promising wi2018 was undoubtedly the most challenging year Rossi and Yamaha faced together. MotoGP: Rossi confirmed to join Petronas Yamaha SRT for 2021. However, just before the 10th round, Rossi contracted Covid-19 and was forced to sit out both races. The Italian missed out on the runner-up spot in the championship by just one point after his final race was wrecked by injury. A win at Doha at the start of the 18-races long championship sent an early message that the Doctor was again going to be a force to be reckoned with as he let his experience shine. 1989: First Go-Kart Race. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Rossi secured third place in the overall championship standings, leaving him eager to start the 2019 season at the front of the field. In 2020, the team led the team and rider championships for much of the season, taking six wins across the year. The announcement will bring a long period of speculation to an end. Valentino Rossi celebrates the turn of a new year with a new contract and some fresh colours courtesy of his switch to the Petronas SRT Yamaha team for MotoGP 2021 By Ollie Barstow Sat, 2 … Waar de andere fabrieksrijders van Yamaha elk met een overwinning uit Qatar vertrokken, kwam Rossi er niet aan te pas tijdens de beide races. "Our goal is to improve on 2020" The Grand Prix racing icon will take part in next year‘s MotoGP World Championship as a Factory Yamaha rider for the PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team, with full support from Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. As the season drew to a close, he made a comeback to score several podiums and a race win in Malaysia, wrapping up 2010 in third position despite having missed a total of four races. 2003: Champion - MotoGP Rossi took four race wins that year and several podiums, but his prodigious talents were limited by technical and tyre problems, as well as plain bad luck. Nach zwei Jahrzehnten ist Valentino Rossi 2021 erstmals wieder in einem Kundenteam zu Hause, wenn auch mit voller Yamaha-Unterstützung. 2010: 3rd - MotoGP, Fiat Yamaha Team Valentino Rossi says he “had to struggle” in the MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix having “stressed” his rear tyre too much on his Petronas SRT Yamaha. Apart from two slight blips (Misano and Phillip Island), Rossi maintained a perfect podium score card until the final round. Rossi continued to dominate during the 2005 season, winning eleven races in total, taking five pole positions, and only finishing off the podium once. In the premier class alone, Valentino boasts seven world titles, 89 race wins, 199 podiums, 55 pole positions and 76 fastest laps. We want to make sure that he feels comfortable in our team, which we trust in and believe in so much. Despite this, he made a welcome return to the top step of the podium with a victory in Assen and added a total of six podium finishes to his end of year tally. And, speaking at the announcement, team boss Lin Jarvis said that Rossi won his argument to retain use of full-factory bikes going forward. 1997: Champion - 125cc World Championship Valentino Rossi needs no introduction, considered by many as the Greatest Of All Time through a record-breaking career in the premier class of the sport since 2000. 2012: 6th - MotoGP Rossi eventually took the title in the best possible way, with a victory at Yamaha’s home track in Japan, with three races to go. © 2016 Dorna Sports SL. After the summer break Rossi came back strongly with second places in Brno and Silverstone, when lightning struck twice. Rossi will take a seat in the Petronas Yamaha squad alongside VR46 protege Franco Morbidelli, who should also be announcing a new contract soon. Razlan Razali, Petronas Yamaha SRT Principal: "On behalf of PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team and all its partners, it is an absolute honour to welcome Valentino Rossi – an iconic rider and legend into the team next year. 1995: Champion - 125cc Italian Championship Height: 181cm Rossi made history by moving to Yamaha in 2004 and winning the season opening Grand Prix in South Africa, becoming the first rider in the history of the sport to win back-to-back premier class races for different manufacturers. Rossi subsequently took the MotoGP World Title in 2002 and 2003, before moving to Yamaha and dominating again in 2004 and 2005. Follow us on 26 th Sep 2020 6:11 pm. Valentino Rossi’s deal to join the Petronas SRT Yamaha squad in 2021 and extend his MotoGP career has been made official after months of discussions. Looking to shake things up and get a fresh perspective, he took a big chance and opted to start the season with a new Crew Chief. And on the back of an incredible 2020 season, the pressure is definitely on for the satellite Yamaha squad to deliver the results. His new teammate will be Franco Morbidelli, a talent who enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2020, and Rossi will likely play a … Nationality: Italian Rossi found it a big task to get to grips with the new qualifying system and the evolution of the Bridgestone tyres on the YZR-M1. 2009 saw ‘The Doctor’ cross more milestones in his incredible career and take a ninth world championship title, his fourth with Yamaha. He showed that after 14 years of racing in the World Championship he was still the best rider of his generation and worthy of his crown. We use cookies to help us understand our website visitors so we can improve our website, products, services and marketing efforts. A second place finish at round two in Argentina and second in both qualifying and the race in round three at COTA were the highlights of his season, with consistent top ten finishes throughout the year and a front row qualifying in Great Britain hinting at the potential yet to be unlocked within his bike. The Petronas Yamaha SRT Team have already shown huge progression since debuting in MotoGP, and target even more success in 2021. Though Rossi is still chasing his tenth World Championship Title, he is already known as one of the greatest of all time. Rossi will now move to the Petronas Yamaha SRT Team for 2021, bringing his most recent six-year tenure with the factory Yamaha squad to an end. Arriving to the 2015 season in top form and ready to attack, Rossi soon set the tone for Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.’s 60th anniversary year. Notable highlights in an exceptional year included a seventh straight win at Mugello, a titanic duel with Casey Stoner in Laguna Seca (where Rossi had never previously won), and a historic victory at hurricane-struck Indianapolis. Place of birth: Urbino, Italy An MX accident saw the home hero arrive less than 100% at the round in Mugello and subsequently Catalunya. We can’t wait!". Rossi will extend his MotoGP career, having signed a one-year deal with Yamaha… Rossi’s duel with his teammate Jorge Lorenzo reached epic proportions, with ‘the Battle of Barcelona’ due to go down in history as one of the greatest ever. In 2000, he entered a new phase of his career when he joined forces with Honda in the 500cc class. He equals Mike Hailwood and Carlo Ubbiali, who both wrote nine titles to their names in all classes, only Giacomo Agostini and Angel Nieto have more. The then reigning World Champion suffered a fall in practice at Mugello, breaking his leg and effectively ending any hopes of fighting against teammate Lorenzo for the title. Decorate your laptops, water bottles, notebooks and windows. He finally secured the title at Sepang with several races still to run. Before his second home Grand Prix, held in San Marino, the #46 rider suffered an enduro training incident and was forced to sit out the race after being diagnosed with a broken right leg. First Grand Prix: Malaysia, 1996 (125cc) Rossi’s highlight of the overseas races was the second place he took in Australia, with Viñales making it the team’s fourth double podium of the season, as he secured third. He returned in Valencia and ended the season with two points finishes. 2007: 3rd - MotoGP, Yamaha Factory Racing 1998: 2nd - 250cc World Championship Después de meses de negociaciones, el equipo Yamaha Petronas anunció este sábado la contratación de Valentino Rossi con vistas al curso que viene. Valentino Rossi admits he would be open to a move to satellite Yamaha MotoGP squad Petronas SRT if it meant he could prolong his top-line career. Petronas Yamaha SRT could have a winning lineup for the 2021 MotoGP season in the legendary Valentino Rossi and 2020 runner-up Franco Morbidelli. This year will see seven-time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi join the team alongside Franco Morbidelli. Valentino Rossi admits he would be open to a move to satellite Yamaha MotoGP squad Petronas SRT if it meant he could prolong his top-line career. 2002: Champion - MotoGP World Championship 2008: Champion - MotoGP, Fiat Yamaha Team The 42-year-old managed to qualify fourth on his SRT debut, but admitted on Saturday he didn’t feel he was strong enough to fight for a 200th MotoGP podium come the race. Rossi meant business again in 2016. 2018 was undoubtedly the most challenging year Rossi and Yamaha faced together. In doing so, at that time, he became one of only five riders in the history of the sport to win the premier-class title on five occasions. As part of Petronas Yamaha SRT in 2021, the Italian will compete aboard a Yamaha YZR-M1 for the ninth season in a row. Quartararo and Rins topped the points scoring charts in Barcelona, were they in your Fantasy teams? Die Petronas Yamaha von Valentino Rossi und Franco Morbidelli ist für euch das schönste MotoGP-Bike. 09.04.2021, 09:00 Uhr von Redaktion Motorsport-Magazin.com We are humbled by this opportunity and ready to take on the challenge. MotoGP, ALL THE PHOTOS - Rossi and Morbidelli's Yamaha Petronas The new M1s of the Malaysian team managed by Razlan Razali were presented today. His strong opening race was followed by a total of 14 podiums, and thrilling victories in Argentina, Assen, and Silverstone. Aleix Espargaro and Bradley Smith have been putting in the laps at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Monday. He proved his worth once again by finishing second, before becoming the last ever 500cc World Champion in 2001. Rossi ultimately finished the season in fifth place in the rider standings. To the disappointment of Yamaha race fans the world over, it was at this point that the Italian chose to embark on a new adventure, leaving Yamaha for a two-year stint at Ducati. 1993: 3rd - 125cc Italian Sports Production Championship Franco Morbidelli and Valentino Rossi unveil the MotoGP PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team Yamaha SRT 2021 Yamaha YZR-M1. He started the season as a real contender for the Title, securing three consecutive podium finishes in Qatar, Argentina, and America, before the first trials came in Europe. He went onto take three top five finishes over the next four races, but three consecutive non-finishes followed and he was look to bounce back ahead of the Aragon double-header. The #46 rider was as enthusiastic as ever as he embarked on his ninth season with Yamaha in 2014. However, despite showing his undeniable talent and dedication, it was not enough to secure him his tenth MotoGP World Championship title and he ended the season as the runner-up, five points behind his teammate. Valentino Rossi e la crisi in Yamaha Petronas: è questione di stile, non di età Inizio horror, per evitare un finale triste deve cambiare modo di guidare. 2013: 4th - MotoGP, Yamaha Factory Racing The pattern continued when he moved up to the 250cc class, taking second place in his first year before becoming World Champion in 1999, once again with Aprilia. Rossi – Urbino, 16th February 1979 – has competed in the premier class since 2000 and is the only rider in history to win 125cc, 250cc, 500cc and MotoGP™ World Championships. "At the same time, we will do our absolute best to assist him to be competitive to reward him for the trust he has in us as a team. The 2013 season proved to be a trying period. Unique Yamaha Petronas stickers featuring millions of original designs created and sold by independent artists. His victory in Holland was the 100th win of his career, further proof, if any was needed, that he truly is one of the greats. VIVA – Ayah Valentino Rossi, Graziano Rossi, menyemprot tim MotoGP yang sedang dibela anaknya, yakni Petronas Yamaha SRT, karena ada sesuatu yang tak beres. The latter, twinned with an impressive third place in the 125cc European Championship, was enough to secure him a ride in the World Championship the following year. Rossi joins Petronas SRT after 15 seasons with Yamaha factory team Nine-time Grand Prix World Champion and one motorcycle racing's greatest riders, Valentino Rossi, will join the team in 2021, partnering Franco Morbidelli. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Valentino Rossi has dropped the biggest hint yet surrounding his MotoGP™ future, saying that a move to Petronas Yamaha SRT is "99% certain". The next season was a challenge. 2005: Champion - MotoGP, Yamaha Factory Racing Petronas Yamaha Sepang Racing Team is proud to announce that Valentino Rossi will join the squad for the 2021 MotoGP™ season. Rossi’s 125cc World Championship debut came at the Malaysian Grand Prix in 1996 and he finished his first international season in ninth place with one race win. His new teammate will be Franco Morbidelli, a talent who enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2020, and Rossi will likely play a key role in furthering his protege's development. Following an early start in go-karts, Rossi junior progressed to minimotos and quickly showed a talent for two-wheels, becoming regional champion in 1992. 2018: 3rd - MotoGP, Movistar Yamaha MotoGP All rights reserved. A podium this weekend in the Catalan GP would mark his 200th in the premier class. We believe that the combination of Valentino and Franco will provide a truly formidable force on track to help us in our goal of being as competitive as possible together next year. Date of birth: 16-02-1979 Unfortunately, a sensational battle with his teammate, Maverick Viñales, ended prematurely as it resulted in a DNC for the Italian. He also helped Yamaha to win the Constructor and Team titles; ensuring Yamaha celebrated its 50th anniversary with one of its best ever years in Grand Prix racing. Victories: 115 (76 x MotoGP, 13 x 500cc, 14 x 250cc, 12 x 125cc) The Andalusian GP was a highlight, with Rossi standing on the podium in Jerez for the 15th time in his career. We use cookies to improve your experience. The following year he became the youngest ever rider to win the 125cc Title, winning eleven races along the way with Aprilia. 2016: 2nd - MotoGP, Movistar Yamaha MotoGP First Pole position: Czech Republic, 1996 (125cc), 2021: Petronas Yamaha SRT Team He won 9 out of 16 races, to clinch the World Championship Title. The announcement of Rossi alongside fellow countryman and friend Franco Morbidelli completes the Petronas Yamaha SRT line-up for 2021 – a line-up eager to write another chapter of MotoGP™ history next year. Franco Morbidelli: This will be my third year with the team and there are many things I like about PETRONAS Yamaha SRT. Despite narrowly missing out on the title, Rossi still took five race wins and five pole positions in 2006 (more than any other premier class rider) and stood on the podium ten times. The only rider who could measure up to his flurry of consistent podium finishes was teammate Lorenzo. The Italian won nine races - equal to his first season with Yamaha in 2004 - and stood on the podium at 16 out of 18 rounds. That first season in the premier class saw Petronas Yamaha SRT rack up six pole positions and seven podiums, and win the Independent Teams’ Championship. This year has already seen two pole positions, four podiums and three race wins, and the lead of the outright Teams’ Championship, for the outfit. It was with great excitement that the announcement finally came mid-season in 2012 that he would return to again partner Lorenzo in Yamaha Factory Racing, back where, many believe, he belongs. Rossi has scored 65 of his 89 premier class victories with Yamaha and four of his seven top tier titles. 2011: 7th - MotoGP Petronas SRT-coureur Valentino Rossi twijfelt of hij zijn matige vorm van de races in Qatar de komende weken wel om kan zetten in goede resultaten als de MotoGP aan de Europese wedstrijden begint. 2019 was a hard-fought season for Rossi as he struggled to find a consistently quick setup for his M1. It was Yamaha’s first Championship win for 12 years, and they got to celebrate it with a victory at the penultimate Grand Prix in Phillip Island. Although Rossi lost the fight to bring his team with him to the Petronas-backed fold, unlike when he switched from Honda to Yamaha at the end of 2003, Yamaha to Ducati at the close of 2010 or returned to Yamaha at the end of 2012. Hobbies: Soccer, radio-controlled toys, rally racing, Total Races: 424 (322 x MotoGP, 32 x 500cc, 30 x 250cc, 30 x 125cc) Rossi had hoped to recover from a difficult weekend in Jerez by securing Yamaha’s 500th Grand Prix win in Le Mans. 2007 was one of the hardest seasons of his career. The nine-time grand prix world champion was moved out of the factory Yamaha squad for 2021 at the start of the year to make way for Fabio Quartararo to join Maverick Vinales. The move will see Rossi join the satellite team in what will be only their third season in the MotoGP™ category, after the Malaysian squad made their debut at the Qatar GP in 2019. 2017 was a year full of highs and lows for the Italian. Podiums: 235 (176 x MotoGP, 23 x 500cc, 21 x 250cc, 15 x 125cc) Soon after, ‘The Doctor’ had his first injury scare of the season. 2015: 2nd - MotoGP, Movistar Yamaha MotoGP "It has been a long time since Valentino was in a satellite team and we will try our best to help him feel like new again. His form in these last two GPs indicated that the YZR-M1 package was on the way up again. He climbed the rostrum for the first time that year in Argentina. 2006 saw the Italian finish as the World Champion runner-up for only the second time in his premier-class career, having lost the title to Honda’s Nicky Hayden by just five points following a final-race showdown in Valencia. Nevertheless, the then 38-year old kept his determination and showed it by making an early comeback at the very next Grand Prix in Aragón, just 23 days after receiving surgery. 1994: Champion - 125cc Italian Sports Production Championship Moreover, Rossi is the only rider to win premier class titles on five different types of motorcycles (500cc 4-cylinder two-stroke, 990cc 5-cylinder four-stroke, Yamaha 990cc 4-cylinder four-stroke, Yamaha 800cc 4-cylinder four-stroke and a Yamaha 1000cc 4-cylinder four-stroke). The Yamaha Petronas SRT team have said they have a place for Valentino Rossi in 2021 but that he needs to confirm his plans A final win at the Valencia Grand Prix also ensured that the Yamaha Factory Team won the Team Title. 2020:15th - MotoGP, Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team For 2020 Rossi stayed with the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team alongside Maverick Viñales, but the coronavirus pandemic had an impact on the Italian getting into a good rhythm. Rossi will now move to the Petronas Yamaha SRT Team for 2021, bringing his most recent six-year tenure with the factory Yamaha squad to an end. And, confirming that Rossi will remain a key part of the factory Yamaha set-up for 2021, the news was first confirmed not by Petronas Yamaha themselves, but by the factory Yamaha team. His incredible run of Mugello victories came to an end, but he made up for it with a perfect performance at his home track of Misano, where he also took one of his seven pole positions. 2019: 7th - MotoGP, Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team Every practice session, qualifying battle and race, exclusive interviews, historic races and so much more fantastic content: this is. 2017: 5th - MotoGP, Movistar Yamaha MotoGP During the second half of the season he was unable to fight his way back onto the rostrum, though he gave very strong performances at the Malaysia and Valencia GP. Rossi, who finished a career-worst 15th in the standings in a 2020 season disrupted by crashes and a COVID-19 diagnosis, will retain a factory-spec bike after his move to the Petronas squad, while Morbidelli will continue with an older-spec Yamaha M1. Our target is to get even better as a team, help Rossi deliver the best results possible and make 2021 a memorable year.". 2004: Champion - MotoGP PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team is MotoGP’s youngest squad It shook-up the order in its debut season in 2019 by taking honour of top Independent Team and fourth in the MotoGP World Championship. Rossi was triumphant with an audacious last-corner move that saw him win by just thousandths of a second. The next few years saw him quickly rise up through the ranks of junior road racing, claiming the Italian Sport Production Championship in 1994 and the Italian 125cc Championship in 1995. Bringing Silvano Galbusera into the team proved to be a smart choice, the crew adapting quickly and working well together to achieve some impressive results. You are about to leave this website. Though struck by external circumstances on occasion, ‘The Doctor’ never lessened his attack and went on to secure nine further podium finishes, with wins in Jerez and Catalunya, remaining a key protagonist in the 2016 challenge until the overseas leg at the end of the year. The fight for the title went down to the wire. 1990: Regional Go-Kart Championship - 9 wins 2006: 2nd - MotoGP, Yamaha Factory Racing Johan Stigefelt, Teamdirektor von Petronas … Are you sure? It was his eighth career title and his third with Yamaha. 1996: 9th - 125cc World Championship Johan Stigefelt - Petronas Yamaha SRT Director: "To be able to sign a rider like Valentino Rossi, for what will be only our third year in the MotoGP championship, is amazing. 2009: Champion - MotoGP, Fiat Yamaha Team The former rider is the Yamaha Petronas Team Manager, the team in which Valentino Rossi seems destined to land, and he certainly knows the story, thanks to his privileged observation point. After a torrid two seasons, Rossi returned to winning form in 2008 and recaptured the MotoGP Title. Born in Urbino, Italy on February 16th, 1979, Rossi was riding bikes from an early age thanks to the encouragement of his father Graziano, himself a former Grand Prix winner. Valentino Rossi has signed a one-year contract renewal with Yamaha and will race as part of the PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team in 2021.