Honda RC211V Repsol Honda Team 2003

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This Bike Is Ridden By Valentino Rossi from 2002 till 2003 Season. Rossi Began his Permier Class Career got signed with Honda being in remain with Nastro Azurro Team since joining Team in 125CC Class 1997, in 2002 He Signed with Repsol Honda Team and got newly built RC211V 4 Stroke 990CC Machinery to ride along with Thoru Ukawa as a Co-Rider, Rossi had become dissatisfied with his relationship with the Honda Racing Corporation and as the season progressed and HRC tried to get Rossi to sign a new contract, Rossi demurred until finally announcing at the end of the year that he would be leaving Honda. He soon signed with Yamaha and took Jeremy Burgess with him to be his crew chief.At the end of 2003, HRC and Valentino Rossi had parted ways, and HRC held Rossi to the letter of their contract which stipulated he could not ride another manufacturer's machine until 31 December 2003. Rossi's move to Yamaha, therefore, was a gamble on a manufacturer that hadn't had a world championship in 12 years. Rossi won the first round of the season and lay to rest doubts about whether the rider or the motorcycle was more important when he achieved what no rider since Eddie Lawson had done in the history of the premier-class: he won back-to-back championships on different marques, Honda in 2003 and Yamaha in 2004. Runner-up Sete Gibernau gave Rossi a strong challenge initially, but faded towards the end of the season. The friendship between him and Rossi frayed over the season, and snapped completely at the Qatar round. and continued his further ongoing career with Yamaha excepting 2011 and 2012 season when he raced Ducati. Ducati is the only constructor which he didn't achieved any world title with but achieved with rest 3 constructors as 2 with Aprilias, 3 with Hondas and 4 with Yamahas making it total 9 world titles achieved through out his 22 Years career(as last participated in 2017 Season being Runner Up to Defending Champion Marc Marquez). Jorge Lorenzo remained his long time Co-Rider since 2007 until 2016 excepting 2011 and 2012 due to joining Ducati. Now a Days Valentino Rossi best known for joining Yamaha Team, Being his prominence his Replica number mostly seen on customized road bikes especially Yamahas having throughout the world, Rossi is the owner of the Sky Racing Team by VR46, which debuted in the Moto3 category of Grand Prix motorcycle racing in 2014 with riders Romano Fenati and Francesco Bagnaia. In 2015, Andrea Migno replaced Bagnaia. Valentino Rossi has gone through numerous helmet designs throughout his career, most featuring the Sun & Moon motif, signifying (according to Rossi) the two sides of his personality. His helmets are manufactured by AGV. Aldo Drudi was associated with Rossi's helmet graphics in 2010. Since commencing his Grand Prix career, Rossi has worn leathers from Dainese. In 1996 and 1997, Alpinestars was a sponsor on his bike, but did not supply Rossi with leathers. Alpinestars just supplied racing boots for Rossi. After Rossi joined the Yamaha Factory Team, the team wore shirts from Alpinestars, while Rossi maintained his association with Dainese. In 2011 and 2012, Rossi was a member of the Ducati factory team, where the team wore shirts from Puma, while Rossi still maintained his association with Dainese. In 2016, Rossi has a new jacket from Dainese. His jacket has a different graphic compared with Alpinestars Movistar Yamaha jacket. Rossi is very superstitious and is renowned for his pre-ride rituals. On a race day, he will always watch the beginning of the Moto3 race to see how long the starting lights remain lit before going out at the start of the race. Prior to riding (whether racing, qualifying, or practice), he will start his personal ritual by stopping about 2 metres from his bike, bending over and reaching for his boots. Then, when arriving at his bike, he will crouch down and hold the right-side foot-peg, with his head bowed. In an interview, Rossi said 'It’s just a moment to focus and ‘talk’ to my bike, like moving from one place to the next.'a He adjusts the fit of his leathers by standing straight up on the foot-pegs, whilst riding down the pit-lane before the start of race or practice. He also revealed in an interview with MotoGP.com that he always puts one boot on before the other, one glove on before the other, and he always gets on the bike the same way. He also gets off the bike in the same way, swinging his right leg over the front of the bike. #honda #hrc #racing #corporation