His MotoGP Championship record is from 2002 His passion remains - despite so much success Where Rossi has finished in each of his 23 seasons at Grand Prix level. Here are six reasons why 'The Doctor' remains the icon of his sport. What is it, there may be many answers to the question, but the most important thing we can learn from The вЂForce Valentino RossiвЂ™ is to dedicate to our passions so much that even when all the odds are stacked up against us it is only our passion which motivates us to give it one more try again and again.With the 41-year-old Italian competing in his 24th season at World Championship level, there is no sign of the cult of Rossi fading. Is it his love for Motorcycles that keep him going or the way he keeps himself away from the public radar once he is off the track that makes of it or the way he trains with his Academy rider in his private Ranch makes him go faster with every passing lap. So, you all may be wondering from where this guy at the wrong side of his age gets so much motivation to race and give riders almost half his age a run for their money, with most his counterparts from the 2000s era having left the race track years ago after winning one or two world championships and going back to their backyard gardens. But Rossi being Rossi made the bike do the talking, this time again with his old companion the Yamaha M1 and silenced all those who were apprehensive about him performing again at the top, he finished the 2013 Championship in 4th place, the 2014В Championship in 2ndВ place and 2015 Championship again in 2ndВ place where he lost the penultimate race in Valencia to Jorge Lorenzo by 5 points. Rossi left Ducati to join Yamaha again in 2013 and many of critics banned him by saying that he was not fast enough to race at 34 years of age and with the two awful years spent at Ducati without a race win. But he also made blunders with the likes of joining Ducati and suffering a career setback of two years bothВ professionally and personally when he witnessed the death of his friend and fellow rider Marco Simoncelli in front of his own eyes on the race track.Д«ut it takes a monster of a man to hold himself up back from all such odds and continue the thing he loves doing the most - riding motorcycles.

The person who always chose to go against the tides time and again, while some went in favour of him like choosing the lacklustre Yamaha M1 in 2004 and turning it into a title-winning machine with which he went on to win 4 MotoGP titles(2004,2005,2008, 2009). He came, he saw, he conquered and went on to become a living legend in the world of Motorcycles.В But more than the legendary racer I respect him for the person he is and the way he keeps reinventing himself.

'The Doctor' is a global phenomenon who can ignite a sea of yellow fans in the grandstands by just his smile. No prizes for guessing, his name is Valentino Rossi. People call him by many nicknames the Doctor, the Master, the greatest of all time, PeoplesвЂ™ Champion. 9 times MotoGP World Champion, most number of GP wins on this side of Giacomo Agostini, most number of podium finishes, most number of GP appearances, the highest paid motorcycle racer in the world and the list goes on and oh did I forget to mention he is 39 years old.

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