Valentino Rossi was born in Urbino, and he was still a child when the family moved to Tavullia. Son of Graziano Rossi, a former motorcycle racer, he first began riding at a very young age. Rossi's first racing love was karting. Fuelled by his mother, Stefania's, concern for her son's safety, Graziano purchased a kart as substitute for the bike. However, the Rossi family trait of perpetually wanting to go faster prompted a redesign; Graziano replaced the 60cc motor with a 100cc national kart motor for his then 5-year-old son
Gender
Male
Birthday
1979-02-16
Place of birth
Urbino, Italy
Faster
2003
7.80
Fastest
2011
6.90
MotoGP: The Route to Glory
2010
0.00
Quarantasei
2007
6.00
The Age of 27
2012
6.00
A Decade In MotoGP
2012
8.00
Hitting the Apex
2015
7.70
MotoGP: Riding Secrets
2008
0.00
MotoGP Review 2003
2010
0.00
Faster & Faster
2004
7.00
Mancini, the Motorcycle Wizard
2016
7.00
MotoGP Review 2009
2009
0.00
MotoGP 2017 Review
2017
0.00
Racing Together
2017
0.00
MotoGP Review 2004
2004
0.00
MotoGP 2007 Review
2007
0.00
MotoGP 2008 Review
2008
0.00