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All about 46's Rossi in Assen 2013

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Back to the past. Valentino Rossi finally took his first ever motogp 1000cc era grand prix victory in seventh race of 2013 season at Dutch TT GP in Assen. It was his first winner since the end of 2010 season. After the race was over, we can find some unique fact about number 46 that Valentino Rossi always uses the number. Valentino Rossi always identical with the number 46. Since the first time joined in 1996 he always uses the number 46 on his bike . This number is also used  by his father Graziano Rossi   when he was racing in MotoGP . R ace at Assen 2013 has produced some figures 46 .   Start from 4 th position, Rossi could lead in lap 6 th. Assen 2013 race was Rossi's 46th race after he won Malaysian GP 2010. Rossi victory in round 7 motogp 2013 at Assen was his first victory since 2,5 year ago. Last Rossi victory before this was at Sepang 2010. After that in last 3 race in same season he didn't win the race. In the next two y...

Motogp: Past & Present

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Now, it has more than 65 years since the motogp first season was held in 1949. Since that time, it has experienced many change. So, what are them? Here is it that you can seeing now: Start How difficult start in past time. The old time rider before 1987 must run and push their bike when the race was started. For motogp fans in present time, this start can be interesting. The push start was not used again since 1987 due to safety reason and it was changed by clutch start. Look backward in 1986, we can see some accident in the race start on 1986 season. Classic motogp start not only a push start, but also there are no start lamp that they used flag to give a start sign. In early clutch start 1980s until 1990s we can see there are so many jump start. But it was not a problem yet. Upside: clutch start (1987-present), Downside: push start (before 1987) Circuit In early era of this motorcycle racing, the street could be used as race track. It is impossible to see the motogp...