Autographs of Valentino Rossi
Valentino Rossi (/ˈrɒsi/ ROSS-ee, Italian: ; born 16 February 1979) is an Italian racing driver, former professional motorcycle road racer and nine-time Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champion. Nicknamed The Doctor, Rossi is widely considered one of the greatest motorcycle racers of all time. He is also the only road racer to have competed in 400 or more Grands Prix. Of Rossi's nine Grand Prix World Championships, seven were in the premier 500cc/MotoGP class. He holds the record for most premier class victories and podiums, with 89 victories and 199 podiums to his name. He won premier class World Championships with both Honda and Yamaha. He rode with the number 46 for his entire career.
After graduating to the premier class in 2000, Rossi won the final 500cc World Championship (becoming the last satellite rider to win the top-class title until Jorge Martín in 2024) and the Suzuka 8 Hours race with Honda in 2001. He also won MotoGP World Championships with the factory Repsol Honda team in 2002 and 2003 and continued his run of back-to-back championships by winning the 2004 and 2005 titles after leaving Honda to join Yamaha. He lost the 2006 title with a crash in the final round at Valencia. In 2007, he ultimately finished third overall, before regaining the title in 2008 and retaining it in 2009. After a 2010 season marred by a broken leg and no title defence, he left Yamaha to join the Ducati factory team, replacing Casey Stoner for the 2011 and 2012 seasons, and endured two winless seasons with the Italian marque.
Rossi returned to Yamaha in 2013 and finished fourth in the standings followed by three successive runner-up positions in 2014, 2015 and 2016. His best chance of winning a tenth title came in 2015, where he led the standings for most of the season, finishing five points behind team-mate Jorge Lorenzo, the eventual champion. 2017 was the final season in which he achieved over 200 championship points, and he won his final race victory in the 2017 Dutch TT at the age of 38. After three winless seasons with the Yamaha factory team, he moved to Petronas SRT for 2021, retiring after only one season with the satellite Yamaha team and failing to achieve a podium for the first time in a career spanning 26 seasons in Grands Prix. The dominant force in MotoGP in the 2000s, all of Rossi's seven premier class titles came in this decade, including 77 race wins and 48 pole positions. In the ensuing 12 seasons, he managed 12 race wins and seven pole positions. During this period, Rossi was the 6th most successful rider in terms of total race victories.
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Current items with a signature of Valentino Rossi
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Traded items with a signature of Valentino Rossi
The most expensive item with a signature of Valentino Rossi (Race Worn- Valentino Rossi Helmet *autographed*) was sold in June 2025 for £22,619.30 while the cheapest item (Valentino Rossi photo from the signature collection) found a new owner for £0.99 in November 2024. The month with the most items sold (70) was June 2025 with an average selling price of £130.99 for an autographed item of Valentino Rossi. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2025 with £399.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £4.29 was July 2013. In average, an autographed item from Valentino Rossi is worth £50.00.
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Latest News about Valentino Rossi
Valentino Rossi: It will be a good season (16/03/2015): “I really want to start this season. The guys are excited. I can tell you that, in spite of this day, we are ready to go!" – Valentino Rossi.Kent and Sussex Courier published SPORT MAD: Valentino Rossi eyes fast start, is (10/02/2015): Valentino Rossi says it is vitally important he starts the new MotoGP season well, if he is to stand any chance of challenging reigning champion Marc Marquez for the title.Speaking at the launch of Yamaha's 2015 bike, veteran Italian Rossi said expects both Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa to be stronVIDEO: Valentino Rossi stats ahead of MotoGP 2015 (29/01/2015): A video profile detailing Valentino Rossi’s stats and facts ahead of the 2015 MotoGP season...SPORT MAD: Valentino Rossi eyes fast start, is Pacquiao v... (28/01/2015): Valentino Rossi says it is vitally important he starts the new MotoGP season well, if he is to stand any chance of challenging reigning champion Marc Marquez for the title.Speaking at the launch of Yamaha's 2015 bike, veteran Italian Rossi said expects both Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa to be stronValentino Rossi: VR46 Academy keeps me young! (25/11/2014): “It helps me also because working with the young riders keeps me more young” - Valentino Rossi.
Older News Stories about Valentino Rossi
Valentino Rossi marks 250th MotoGP race with victory after champion Marc Marquez (10/2014): Valentino Rossi rolled back the years to win his sixth premier class Australian Grand Prix on Sunday after world champion Marc Marquez crashed out on lap 18. 
Valentino Rossi discharges himself from hospital (09/2014): MotoGP star Valentino Rossi has discharged himself from hospital and returned to the Aragon circuit.Valentino Rossi: Speed trumps psychology (08/2014): When one rider dominates, do his opponents become psychologically beaten before a wheel has even turned?Hard tyre woes restrict Valentino Rossi (07/2014): Valentino Rossi began the German MotoGP weekend in a competitive third place, but then plummeted to tenth in Friday afternoon practice.Valentino Rossi leads damp FP3 at Assen (06/2014): Valentino Rossi fastest during damp Free Practice 3 for the Dutch MotoGP at Assen.Valentino Rossi: We made a big mistake (05/2014): A 'big mistake' means Valentino Rossi will start his home Italian MotoGP from just tenth on the grid.Valentino Rossi: Bradl cost me a podium (04/2014): Valentino Rossi saw his podium hopes scuppered by an incident with Stefan Bradl early in Sunday’s MotoGP of Argentina.MotoGP 2014: Marc Marquez Holds Off Legend Valentino Rossi at Losail (03/2014): It was worth waiting for. World champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) won the opening MotoGP of the season on Sunday at the Losail circuit in Qatar after a spectacular battle with motorcycling racing legend Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP)Valentino Rossi tops times at final Sepang test (02/2014): MotoGP superstar Valentino Rossi maintained his promising pre-season form as the factory Yamaha rider ended the second three-day test at Sepang at the top of the times.Moto3: Valentino Rossi-Sky team unveils 2014 livery (12/2013): The new 'Team Sky-VR46' Moto3 team unveiled its race livery on Italian TV on Thursday night.Valentino Rossi runner-up in Monza Rally Show (11/2013): MotoGP star Valentino Rossi got his latest dose of rallying action with a runner-up result in this weekend’s Monza Rally Show.Meet Valentino Rossi during Riders for Health VIP weekend (10/2013): Riders for Health have teamed up with MotoGP to give fans the chance to win the ultimate VIP weekend in Valencia for the final race of the season.Valentino Rossi to launch 'VR46' Moto3 team in 2014 (09/2013): UPDATE: Valentino Rossi-backed Moto3 team now confirmed as having filed an entry for the 2014 World Championship.Valentino Rossi enjoys 'fun' charge, rues slow start (08/2013): Valentino Rossi puts on a show in the closing stages of Indianapolis MotoGP to deny Cal Crutchlow fourth place on the final lap.Valentino Rossi stamps out Suzuki speculation (07/2013): Valentino Rossi’s Yamaha contract runs until the end of 2014, while Suzuki has delayed its MotoGP return until 2015...Valentino Rossi celebrates return to winning ways in MotoGP (06/2013): Italy’s Valentino Rossi returned to winning ways at the Dutch TT at Assen on Saturday as the Factory Yamaha rider sealed his first premier class success in almost three years.
