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Valentino Rossi is an Italian nine-time Grand Prix world champion - seven of which are in the premier MotoGP class. Rossi raced for Honda's factory team, Yamaha's factory team and Ducati's factory team. Rossi is also the only road racer to have competed in 400 or more Grands Prix.[1] He has ridden with number 46 his entire career, also when being the title defender. Rossi is one of four riders to have won world championship titles in three different categories, after Mike Hailwood, Phil Read and Marc Márquez.
Rossi won the 1997 125cc World Championship, the 1999 250cc World Championship, the 2001 500cc World Championship, and the 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2009 MotoGP World Championships.
His 115 Grand Prix victories are the second highest of all time. His most successful circuit are Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and TT Circuit Assen where he has won ten times. Rossi's largest margin of victory was at the 2002 Portuguese Grand Prix, and the smallest margin of victory was at the 2001 Australian Grand Prix when he beat Max Biaggi by 0.013 seconds in the race.
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