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MotoGP Grid gallery at Mazda Raceways

Lucky us, a few minutes before the MotoGP race at Mazda Raceways Laguna Seca, we just got a hold of the precious full access pass to enter the pre-grid. Finally, we could get up close and personal with all the riders. Even Valentino Rossi could not run from our lens. The atmosphere on the grid was crazy. Imagine, a hundred photographers trying to get the money shot and TV hosts from all around the world fighting for the last words from our favorite champions. The riders are real pros, keeping their cool as if nothing was about to happen.

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TopSpeed with Top Chef’s Fabio

We ran into Top Chef’s Fabio Viviani at the Red Bull Grand Prix in Mazda Raceways at Laguna Seca. Although Fabio was deeply focused on the track, he still took time for a pose. Fabio was cheering for the Italian Team, while climbing up the hill toward the best spot on the track, the famous ’Corkscrew’. At the end of the qualifying session Valentino Rossi, the fastest Italian on two wheels ended up at the 2 position.

Pictures of Rossi’s crash in Malaysia

The seven-time world champion has been out of action since fracturing his right hand in three places during a qualifying crash at the Valencia Grand Prix in Spain in November. Clearly rusty after that long layoff, the Moto GP icon Valentino Rossi crashed on the first day of pre-season testing at Malaysia’s Sepang circuit.
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Rossi seals Yamaha’s 150th victory

Valentino Rossi took a superb victory ,at the Dutch TT race track, starting from 11th place on te grid.His 3rd win of the season was also Yamaha’s 150th in total in the premier class of Grand Prix racing. After having difficulties in the qualifying session, the main cause being the wet race track,there was no room for error from the Italian. Rossi found his rhythm after first laps and then began his spectacular fight to the 1st place.He made several unsuccessful attempts before he overtook (...)
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Valentino Rossi wins Monza Rally

Rossi took his first Monza Rally victory in a Ford Focus WRC and also won the ’Master Show’ competition, which uses a head-to-head knockout format, for the second year in succession.
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Valentino Rossi is back on track

Just a couple of days after the dramatic finale to his rollercoaster season, Valentino Rossi was back out on track in Valencia yesterday and today, already thinking about next season’s revenge as he got to grips with Yamaha’s new 800cc motorcycle. After the final race of the 990cc era on Sunday, most of his MotoGP rivals were also out on their new bikes as the teams began the long winter of testing in the build-up to the first race next March. Having only ridden the Yamaha (...)
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Nicky Hayden takes the MotoGP title after Rossi slides into dust

After a thrilling final race of what has been an amazing season, Nicky Hayden was crowned 2006 World Champion.
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