The Guardian Angel: Rossi’s 250 title

Date published : 23 Nov 2009 - 10:30:45

It took Valentino Rossi a season to acclimatise in the quarter-litre category as it had done in 125cc before he secured the World Championship, but in his debut season in the intermediate class a runner-up spot was a highly impressive first attempt at the crown. Having finished behind Loris Capirossi in 1998, a year later Rossi beat his fellow Italian who finished in third place in the overall standings with Tohru Ukawa second. Rio de Janeiro was the location where Rossi claimed his second World title, in a season which delivered nine wins and 12 podiums in total on the Aprilia. Finishing the race at Jacarepagua in first place, with Ukawa and Capirossi completing the podium, Rossi was champion with a race to spare. Further establishing his growing reputation, the 20 year-old's celebration saw him riding with his guardian angel on board. Tomorrow, motogp.com remembers Rossi's 500cc title with another celebration video. TAGSValentino RossiShareWhat is that What is that These services external to motogp.com allow you to classify, share, rate, manage, comment on and save your favourite pieces of content in the main online social networking communities. Social network on which you can share your thoughts, photos, videos and news with other users.Free microblogging service which allows you to interact with your social network via short messages or "tweets".Content indexing service which gives you the ability to save and store all your favourite content pages in one placeSimple service which allows you to forward content to your friends or contacts via email.Social network which allows users to store and share their favourite webpages with other users with similar interests.Social networking site consisting of user profiles which includes groups with common interests, blogs, photos, videos, music and much more.Online community participation site on which users post news stories and content. Users rate and evaluate the content with the highest rated content pieces placed on the main homepageIndexing site which allows users to search for and organise all types of web content. Send MailSend To: (Enter email addresses, separated by commas. Maximum 200 characters)Your Full Name: Your Email Address: Send me a copy of this message: Add a personal message (optional): Enter the code exactly as shown : RefreshAccept Terms and conditions Terms and Conditions