Ahead of Valentino Rossi's final appearance as a MotoGP rider in this weekend's Valencia Grand Prix, Dorna has released the following official stats to illustrate the remarkable longevity of his world championship career... Valentino Rossi has taken part in 431 of the 974 Grand Prix events staged since the start of the World Championship series back in 1949. This means that he has taken part in around 44.2% of all Grand Prix events. Rossi has finished in a point-scoring position a record 372 times in the 431 GP races he has started. Rossi has won GP races on seven different motorcycles: 125cc Aprilia, 250cc Aprilia, 500cc Honda, 990cc Honda, 990cc Yamaha, 800cc Yamaha and 1000cc Yamaha. He...
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