XXX: Valentino Rossi’s 2006 Yamaha YZR-M1

For many MotoGP fans, Valentino Rossi’s move back to Yamaha is a welcomed escape from the career-ruining Ducati Desmosedici. The perception, of course, is that the 1,000cc Yamaha is not terribly different from the 800cc-era machine, and therefore Rossi’s return to the tuning-fork brand should mean an instant return to his success and his alien status alike. When we have these thoughts, we forget that in 2009 Rossi struggled to keep teammate Jorge Lorenzo at ...

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