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Valentino Rossi (born February 16, 1979 in Urbino, Italy) is an Italian professional motorcycle racer and multiple MotoGP World Champion. He is widely considered one of the best motorcycle racers of all time. According to Sports Illustrated, Rossi is the 7th best-compensated athlete in the world, earning an estimated $30 million a year.
He is famous for using the number 46 only, the racing number of his father, Graziano. Typically, a World Championship winner (and also runner-up and third place) is awarded the #1 sticker for the next season. However in an homage to Barry Sheene (who was the first rider of the modern era to keep the same number), Rossi has stayed with the now-famous #46 throughout his career. The text on his helmet refers to the name of his group of friends: "The Chihuahua Tribe", and the letters WLF on his leathers stand for "Viva La Figa" or Long Live Pussy. He traditionally also incorporates his favorite color (fluorescent yellow) into his leather designs. Rossi wears the #1 reserved for the reigning World Champion on the shoulder of his racing leathers.
Rossi now lives in Knightsbridge, London, England.
As of May 24, 2006, Rossi announced that he would be staying in MotoGP until he felt his work on the motorbike was "finished". Ferrari driver Schumacher said that he felt "saddened" by Rossi's decision, but supported it.
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Kimi Matias Räikkönen (pronounced approximately /ki-mi ma-ti-as ræik-kø-nen/ in IPA, born October 17, 1979 in Espoo, Finland) is a Formula One race car driver. He is nicknamed " The Iceman". He finished runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 2003 and 2005. Currently, he drives for Team McLaren-Mercedes, but has signed a 3-year deal with Ferrari from the 2007 season onwards.
After a difficult and busy winter testing period, during which the new McLaren proved neither reliable nor quick, there was much speculation about Räikkönen's future in Formula One and he was unofficially linked with Ferrari and Toyota. The first real test for the 2005 championship runner-up and his car was neither a disappointment nor a relief.
After the 2006 Italian Grand Prix, while Räikkönen and Schumacher were still on the podium, Ferrari announced that Schumacher would be retiring from the sport. Only a few minutes later came the announcement that Räikkönen had signed a three-year contract with Scuderia Ferrari for the 2007-2009 seasons, after years of rumours.
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Daniel "Dani" Pedrosa (born September 29, 1985 in Sabadell, Spain), is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer [1]. Pedrosa grew up in a village near Sabadell called Castellar del Vallès. He is the youngest world champion in 125cc and 250cc Grands Prix. Pedrosa stands 1.58m (5ft, 2in) tall and weighs 47kg (104lbs).
Pedrosa made the move to 990cc MotoGP bikes in 2006, still riding for Honda. Critics said that Pedrosa wasn't big enough or strong enough to successfully race MotoGP. He finished second in the opening round at Jerez on March 26, 2006. At his fourth ever MotoGP appearance, on May 14, 2006, during the Chinese Grand Prix race weekend held in Shanghai, he won his first MotoGP race.
He won his second MotoGP race at Donington Park and became a strong candidate for the MotogGP Championship. It was a memorable victory for Dani, who shared the podium first time with Valentino Rossi in 2nd place. He also took 2 pole positions in the first half of the season.
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Michael Schumacher (pronounced /mɪçaeːl ʃumaxɐ (help·info)/, (nicknamed Schumi / Schu in German) born January 3, 1969, in Hürth Hermülheim, near Cologne[1][2]) is a German Formula One driver and seven-time Formula One world champion. . According to the official Formula One web site, he is statistically the greatest driver the sport has ever seen.[3], as well as being the most successful driver in the history of Formula One. Schumacher has been nicknamed the Red Baron, both because of his red Ferrari, and also referring to the great German fighter pilot Manfred Von Richthofen, who was similarily the most successful in his endeavors as a flying ace.
The Japanese Grand Prix started off in the practice sessions as very wet before clearing off into sunny conditions for Saturday's Qualifying. These drying conditions suited the Bridgestone tryes excellently and it showed as the first 4 places on the grid were Bridgestone runners with the Ferrari of Massa and Schumacher on the front row, followed by the Toyotas of Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli, and then the Renaults of Alonso and G Fisichella sixth. The Ferraris started well with Massa leading Schumacher into the first corner. Alonso jumped Trullie and was fourth behind Ralf Schumacher, whom he eventually passed prior to the first pit stop. On the third lap Massa let Schumacher through to allow him the maximum chance of a win and of increasing his championship lead. After the first round of stops Alonso jumped Massa and was chasing Schumacher for the win. The gap, however stabalised at 5.5 seconds and it appeared Schumacher would win with 16 laps remaining until his engine failed (the first such failure for 5 years), allowing Alonso to claim the victory. After the race Schumacher announced that the title was lost even though he can still win the championship in Brazil should he win and Alonso fail to score. In this event, he would have 92 race wins, the combined total of Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna, the second and third placed drivers in terms of race wins.