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 .
Valentino Rossi in 2017 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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No. – Victory number.Race – Motorcycle Grand Prix career race start number.Grid – Starting position on grid.Margin – Margin of victory (min:sec.ms).† – Rider's Championship winning season.Number of wins at different Grands Prix edit No. Grand Prix Years won Wins 1 Catalan Grand Prix 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2001 , 2002 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2009 , 2016 10 2 Dutch TT 1997 , 1998 , 2002 , 2004 , 2005 , 2007 , 2009 , 2013 , 2015 , 2017 3 Italian Grand Prix 1997 , 1999 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 9 4 Spanish Grand Prix 1997 , 1999 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2009 , 2016 5 Australian Grand Prix 1998 , 1999 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2014 8 6 British Grand Prix 1997 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2004 , 2005 , 2015 7 Czech Republic Grand Prix 1996 , 1999 , 2001 , 2003 , 2005 , 2008 , 2009 7 8 Malaysian Grand Prix 1997 , 2001 , 2003 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 9 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix 1997 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 6 10 German Grand Prix 1997 , 1999 , 2002 , 2005 , 2006 , 2009 11 Portuguese Grand Prix 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2007 5 12 French Grand Prix 1997 , 2002 , 2005 , 2008 4 13 Japanese Grand Prix 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2008 14 Qatar Grand Prix 2005 , 2006 , 2010 , 2015 15 South African Grand Prix 1999 , 2001 , 2004 3 16 San Marino and Rimini Riviera Grand Prix 2008 , 2009 , 2014 17 City of Imola Grand Prix 1997 , 1998 2 18 Valencian Community Grand Prix 2003 , 2004 19 Chinese Grand Prix 2005 , 2008 20 Argentine Grand Prix 1998 , 2015 21 Indonesian Grand Prix 1997 1 22 Pacific Grand Prix 2001 23 United States Grand Prix 2008 24 Indianapolis Grand Prix 2008 Total number of Grand Prix wins: 115
Number of wins at different circuits edit No. Circuit Years won Wins 1 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2001 , 2002 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2009 , 2016 10 2 TT Circuit Assen 1997 , 1998 , 2002 , 2004 , 2005 , 2007 , 2009 , 2013 , 2015 , 2017 3 Mugello Circuit 1997 , 1999 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 9 4 Circuito de Jerez-Ángel Nieto 1997 , 1999 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2009 , 2016 5 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 1998 , 1999 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2014 8 6 Donington Park 1997 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2004 , 2005 7 7 Brno Circuit 1996 , 1999 , 2001 , 2003 , 2005 , 2008 , 2009 8 Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 1997 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 6 9 Sepang International Circuit 2001 , 2003 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 10 Autódromo do Estoril 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2007 5 11 Sachsenring 1999 , 2002 , 2005 , 2006 , 2009 12 Losail International Circuit 2005 , 2006 , 2010 , 2015 4 13 Suzuka International Racing Course 2001 , 2002 , 2003 3 14 Phakisa Freeway 1999 , 2001 , 2004 15 Bugatti Circuit 2002 , 2005 , 2008 16 Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli 2008 , 2009 , 2014 17 Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari 1997 , 1998 2 18 Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo 2003 , 2004 19 Shanghai International Circuit 2005 , 2008 20 Twin Ring Motegi 2001 , 2008 21 Shah Alam Circuit 1997 1 22 Circuit Paul Ricard 1997 23 Nürburgring 1997 24 Sentul International Circuit 1997 25 Autódromo de Buenos Aires Oscar y Juan Gálvez 1998 26 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca 2008 27 Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2008 28 Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo 2015 29 Silverstone Circuit 2015 Total number of Grand Prix wins: 115