After his victory in Donington Park, Rossi went on to score consecutive podium places in the next three races: two second-place finishes in Germany and the Czech Republic and one third-place finish in Portugal. [39] [40] [41] He retired from the Valencian Community round after crashing out of the race. [42] Is Rossi the greatest of all time? | GRR". Archived from the original on 7 October 2022 . Retrieved 4 August 2022.

The team competes in the CIV Italian Championships Series in collaboration with Bardahl as the main sponsor. In the 2021 season the team got a wildcard to race in two Moto3 series, at Mugello and Misano. This team races using KTM bikes. [516] Yamaha VR46 MasterCamp Team [ edit ] a b "Valentino Rossi to be joined by Muller, Vervisch in WRT GTWCE squad". motorsport.com. 4 March 2022. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022 . Retrieved 7 April 2022. After the unexpected success and title of Rossi in 2008, many expected him to be a strong contender in 2009. Rossi took two consecutive second places: a regular podium in Qatar and a pole-podium in Japan, the race won by Rossi's teammate Jorge Lorenzo. [191] [192]

Rossi finished third in the championship with 198 points, 123 points behind champion Marc Márquez. This was Rossi's first winless season since 2012 when he raced with Ducati and his first ever winless season with the Factory Yamaha team.

In 2009, Rossi and Lorenzo resumed hostilities with Rossi emerging as champion again. Over the course of the season, Rossi defeated Lorenzo in several tight battles – such as Assen, Sachsenring, Valencia and, most memorably, Lorenzo's home race in Catalunya. Both were battling hard on the Catalan circuit, with Lorenzo taking the lead on the final lap. Rossi tried to overtake him in the usual spots but failed, with many assuming Lorenzo was going to win the race. However, Rossi managed to pass him going into the final corner, where many assumed overtaking was impossible, to take an unlikely victory. Rossi finished seventh in the championship with 139 points, 211 points behind champion Casey Stoner. [258] He also finished a season winless for the first time in his Grand Prix career. [259] 2012 [ edit ] Rossi at the 2012 Australian Grand Prix Rossi and RCV triumphant at Suzuka". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 7 April 2002. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015 . Retrieved 15 July 2015. Rossi made the switch from Honda to Yamaha and signed a two-year contract with the team. [86] [87] Many doubted his move and would expect Biaggi, who joined the Honda Pons team a year earlier, as well as Gibernau to be genuine contenders for the title this year. On 5 August 2021, during the pre-event press conference of the 2021 Styrian motorcycle Grand Prix weekend, he announced that he would retire from MotoGP after the 2021 season. [11] His last race was the 2021 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix, and he was congratulated for a successful career by various celebrities and prominent racing figures such as Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, as well as former rival Casey Stoner. Rossi's number 46 was retired with a ceremony at the 2022 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix. [416] Sportscar racing [ edit ]After a frustrating first season with the Ducati, 2012 was a little better for Rossi. He started poorly in Qatar, starting from twelfth and only mustered tenth at the line. [260] In Spain and Portugal, he finished in ninth and seventh positions, respectively. [261] In Malaysia, Rossi took a stunning victory by winning the race from eleventh position, battling with the Honda of Dovizioso for the win multiple times. Rossi had qualified sixth, but lost multiple positions in the first set of corners after a poor getaway. He overtook multiple riders, including Lorenzo, to fight for the lead with Dovizioso on a few occasions, but held on to finish ahead of him with just 0.224 seconds. [236] This was his first win since the accident in June, and his second win of the season. However, Lorenzo won the title, finishing in third place when he needed ninth or higher to win the title. Rossi went on to win eight of the first nine races of the season, eventually claiming 11 victories in total. [62] He clinched his second title at the Rio de Janeiro race, his first in the inaugural class, and fourth title overall with four races remaining. [63] 2003 [ edit ] Honda RC211V with a one-off livery used by Rossi during the 2003 season From Indianapolis to San Marino, Rossi scored four consecutive fourth places before scoring yet another third-place podium at Aragón after a three-way battle for the spot with Álvaro Bautista, Stefan Bradl and Cal Crutchlow. [281] Rossi again finished just off the podium at the Malaysian round, finishing fourth but scored a final podium in the form of third place at the Australian round, once more battling Crutchlow and Bautista. [282] At the last two rounds in Japan and at the Valencian Community, he finished sixth and fourth respectively. a b "Valentino Rossi to leave Yamaha for Ducati in 2011". BBC Sport. 15 August 2010. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017 . Retrieved 15 August 2010.

Find sources: "Valentino Rossi"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( September 2017) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Poor results continued at his "home grand prix" in San Marino and Aragón when Rossi only managed to finish seventh and tenth, battling with the Tech 3 Yamaha of Cal Crutchlow before he got the better of Rossi to cross the line 0.180 seconds ahead of him. [253] [254] After his victory, Rossi continued to score points in Imola, retired twice at the Catalan and Rio rounds, but managed to score even more points at the last round in Australia. He finished his first season in ninth place with 111 points. Rossi then finished the next four races inside the top six; fifth at Catalunya, sixth in Great Britain, fourth at the Dutch round and sixth again in Italy. [248] After Rossi moved to the Factory Ducati team and Stoner to the Factory Honda team in 2011, tensions would once again rise at the 2011 Spanish round when Rossi collided with Stoner, causing him to crash out of the race while Rossi got going again and finished fifth. After the race, Rossi went to Stoner to apologise for the incident, who smiled and accepted Rossi's handshake. However, Stoner told Rossi "your ambition outweighs your talent" during the brief exchange, in which he also asked about Rossi's shoulder. [449] [450] [451] Stoner later apologised for this comment. [452] After this, tensions between both riders would ease once more when Stoner won his 2011 World Championship title whilst Rossi struggled on an underperforming Ducati for the rest of the season. He retired once more in the Czech Republic, crashing out of the race, but a flurry of victories from Imola to Argentina saw him end in second place in his rookie year in the class with 201 points, just 23 points behind 1998 250cc champion Loris Capirossi.