Valentino Rossi - the legend of Italian motorcycle races

Valentino Rossi is a famous Italian motorcycle racer. According to critics, he is the greatest pilot of our time. Rossi is an official of MotoGP. The annual earnings of the rider is about 35 million dollars. This article will describe his brief biography.

Childhood

Valentino Rossi was born in Italy (Urbino) in 1979. On the track the boy was brought by his father, who was engaged in motorsport at a professional level. But the mother was strongly against, and Valentino had a new hobby - go-carting. My father even bought a mini-car for regular training of his son. In 1990, Valentino won his first competition. At the same time, the boy did not throw a motorcycle. He trained secretly from his mother. By 1991, Rossi had already accumulated several victories in regional mini-bike competitions.

A real success in karting was the victory at the national championship in Parma. Rossi-junior took the fifth place. Father and son began to think about participating in the series of 100ss, which could become a springboard for Formula 1. But the racing car was very expensive, so the choice was stopped on motorsports.

Career development

In 1995, Valentino Rossi became the official driver of the Aprilia and went to the European Championship. There the young man took the third place. He also retained the title of the Italian Championship 125cc this year. After 12 months, the driver made his debut at the Malaysian GP.

1997 was very successful for Valentino Rossi. The young man won 11 times: in Indonesia, Catalonia, Great Britain, Brazil, Germany, Imola, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain and Malaysia. As a result, he became the 2 nd youngest world champion in the class 125ss.

In 1998, Rossi moved to the next class - 250cc. And immediately won 5 victories: in Argentina, Australia, Catalunya, Imola and the Netherlands. In the next 500cc class, the rider performed two years later. There was a lack of experience, and Rossi won only two times: in Brazil and Britain.

In the following years, Valentino dominated motorsport, winning championship titles in all existing classes. Now the driver is in favor of the Yamaha Factoring Racing team.

Private life

In 2007, Valentino Rossi, whose biography was described in this article, was accused by the Italian authorities of non-payment of taxes. The verdict of the court indicated the hidden income, earned from 2000 to 2004, in the amount of $ 160 million. The rider's residence was in London because of more favorable tax conditions. But in fact Valentino did not live there, but all the time he was in Italy. In 2008, Rossi told the press that he had agreed with the tax service. The rider will pay 35 million euros and the case against him will be closed.

This is the life of one of the greatest motorcycle riders of our time.