More on "TheGod" #46

Enjoy him on 2 wheels, its his 2nd last year, at the end of 06' he is
off 2-wheels and into 4 so to speak, as in FERRARI F1, going to do a
Surtees....

MotoGP News

Rossi's year of records
Statistics, 07/09/05

.. Valentino Rossi continues to set new records and reach new milestones
as he closes in on the 2005 MotoGP world championship title. The
Italian rider has the chance to seal the crown at the coming round in
Motegi.[YES PLEASE, ITS HONDA OWNED TRACK]

· Rossi's victory at Brno was his ninth of the year, equalling the
record he set last year for most victories in a single season by a
Yamaha rider.

· Rossi is the first rider to score nine or more wins in a season in
the premier-class on five occasions.

· His current lead of 132 points in the Championship Classification is
the highest points lead ever achieved in any class after 11 races.

· His current points total of 261 is the highest he has achieved after
eleven rounds in any of his previous seasons in Grand prix racing.

· Earlier this year at the Dutch TT Rossi became the first Yamaha
rider ever to win five successive premier-class races.

· Rossi's win in the first round of the season at Jerez made him the
only rider other than Agostini to win the opening race of the year on
five successive occasions.

· Rossi has now finished on the podium at the last 14 races. A podium
finish in Japan will equal the longest ever string of podium finishes
in the premier-class by a Yamaha rider achieved by Wayne Rainey in the
season 1989 and 1990.

· If Rossi wins the title then he will become only the third rider to
have taken five or more premier-class world championships, the others
being Mick Doohan with five titles and Giacomo Agostini with eight.

HRC : "we will destroy him", LOL, W H E N???

Cheers

 

Rossi's year of records

So much for a year of records. You know his list of achievements is
lacking in substance when it has to be padded out by 50% by adding some
wordy additions which are all things he hasn't achieved yet...

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

Plus all these "most points scored..." and "most races won..." stats are
meaningless when compared to years that had different systems.
Ago and Hailwood had years when they won every race in the season but as
that was only 6 races (and only 10 pts for a win) their 100% domination
60pts looks weak when compared to Rossi's 80% domination 300+ points.
Even Doohan, against whom Rossi is most often compared, raced a fair
portion of his career with 15 or 20 point wins instead of Rossi's 25 (and
12-race seasons instead of 15+).
Undeniably; Rossi is head-and-shoulders above anyone on comparative
machinery at the moment though.

 

Im Australian , there is only Doohan at the top of our Legends.

That is ALL

 

Heh heh; I'm with you.

Mick did his first GP at age 27 so let's wait until Rossi is the same age
and THEN start the counting!

 

I hate to have to be the first person ever to point out you're wrong,
but he was about 27 when he had his accident at Assen I think.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

Hmm you are right.
I forgot about the "lost" years before he won his first championship.
Mick was just short of 24 at his first GP at Japan in 1989. (..and he was
25 when he won his first GP in Yugoslavia)
27 at Assen sounds about perfect.

 

Ive got your drift man , 27 was when he got serious .

 

They also competed in more than one championship. Ago competed in the 250,
350, and 500 championships at the same race meeting. I don't think you can
do that now. For a few years he was also the only rider at the meeting on a
factory race bike. Made him look a better rider than he was, even though he
was very good. If he was the only person on a factory bike, even Max could
possibly win a championship again.

Theo

 

And they call you FruitLoop because....

Theo

 

I don't think you can do that now.
you can, there was a rumour on tele (it must be true) he was going to
race 250 and motoGP next yr... couldnt see yamaha allowing him to.

 

It's nice to see him move up to the no. 2 spot in the championship after
several years at no. 3.

The quiet achiever...

 

I think Freddie Spencer was the last in 1985 , as he won the 250 and 500 .

I reckon Honda woulda been stoked at that effort

 

I like Cereal for breakfast , thus the nickname

 

(Theo wrote about competing in two GP classes on the same day)

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I believe that it has been outlawed for at least the last 10 years or so.
(unless they outlawed it and then allowed it again)

 

He was the last (and only) 250/500 champion in 1985 but there's been many
riders race two GPs on the same day since then.
I think Luca Cadalora did a 250/500 at least once (about 1988) as did John
Kocinski (1989), but it used to be standard fare to do both the 80 and 125
GPs and Jorge Martinez won woth championships in 1988.

 

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I was wrong (again!).
Little John competed in both the 250 and 500 classes in 1989 (Yamaha) and
1993 (Suzuki/Cagiva) but never on the same day.

Luca did both at Donington in 1989 (Yamaha) though.
I can't think of anyone who's competed in two classes at the same GP since
then but if it did happen it must've been 125/250.

 

That's a Whoosh.

Theo

 

Thats what friends do, make up abnormal nicknames based on behavior