We think that Motoblog’s Luca Ruggeri’s comic is self-explanatory. Thirty year old Valentino Rossi is still a force to be reckoned with and a motorcyle legend. Here’s a not so brief history and record breaking career of the nine times World Champion.

1) Has 103 wins to his name, 77 in the premier class.

2) 163 podiums in all grand prix classes.

3) With Saturday’s pole postion at Sepang Rossi equalled Mick Doohan’s pole position record of 58.

4) Has never missed a race start since making his debut in 1996. He has started 226 successive GP races across all classes since; 167 of which have been in the top class.

5) Valentino Rossi and Giacomo Agostini are the only two riders to have won titles on both two stroke and four stroke bikes, and the only rider to have won championship titles on four different types of motorcycles: 500cc two-stroke Honda, 990cc four-stroke Honda, 990cc four-stroke Yamaha and 800cc four-stroke Yamaha.

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