The historic city of Tavuilla in Italy is known to be very beautiful. Tavuilla's location is northwest of Ancona about 70 km away, or if taken from the direction of Pesaro which is on the northwest side, only around 15 km.

Tavuilla city is now synonymous with the figure of a world class racer. Valentino Rossi's name is very close to Tavuilla. Rossi's childhood was spent in the old city of Tavuilla, since his birth 34 years ago, February 16, 1979.

Neighbors and little friends of Rossi's game knew very well, this blue-eyed corn-haired boy was very fond of playing motorbikes. Perhaps, they all understand it because Rossi's father is known as a racer in the 1970s. The Tavuilla community knows exactly, who Graziano Rossi is.

Valentino Rossi Born to Become a Driver

The little Rossi's toy was not far from the motorcycle business. It might even be called, Rossi junior's childhood was 'used up' with motorcycle business. The driver's father's blood flowed heavily on Rossi.

Apparently, what the old saying was true: The fruit fell not far from the tree. So is Rossi. All achievements of various championships were achieved through a long process of life. Rossi's blood flowed through the driver's blood flow from his father. So it became natural, when the Tavuilla-born boy won 9 world championships from 125 cc up to MotoGP class.

When Rossi was present, the world knew this was a prospective first-class driver. Rossi's teenager began exploring international racing levels. No half-hearted, a 15-year-old teenager who still looks geeky joined the Scuderia AGV Aprilia team. Rossi started his career in 125 cc class. Incredibly, in his first season Rossi was able to win 11th place in the standings. Amazing achievement for a prefix.

Rossi's development continued to increase. In the following season, Rossi's achievements skyrocketed. He was successful and appeared as the champion for the first time. Still with the Aprilia team, Rossi was at the top of the standings with 321 points.

Rossi 'Up Class'

Success in the 125 cc class, Rossi wants to try to 'ride the class'. In the 1998 season, Rossi went up to the 250cc class. Still in Aprilia, the driver's son could only win second place at the start of his season. But the brilliant achievement was once again carved a year later. Drivers who have this curly hair won the 250cc class.

Honda as the world's leading motorcycle manufacturer saw the driver's brilliant talent. Rossi was finally recruited in 2000. In the 500 cc class, Rossi again made gold ink. At the beginning of his togetherness with Honda, the driver who was nicknamed Valentinik was only able to win second place in the final standings. But in 2001, he again won the world title.

At that time, Rossi dubbed himself as The Doctor. He got the nickname because of the concept of a crazy scientist who likes to do a series of experiments to pursue an ambition, which is to be the best in the world.

"In the 500 cc class race we don't need a superhero. All we need is to be calm and think like a doctor, "he said.

The following year, Rossi is believed to be a driver in the MotoGP class. With hard work and high spirits, he was able to compete with many experienced senior drivers such as Max Biaggi, Alex Barros, and Sete Gibernau.

In the highest class of motorcycle racing, Rossi managed to collect seven championship trophies. In addition to registering himself as one of the most successful racers on the MotoGP scene, Rossi, who currently joins the Yamaha Factory Racing team, also holds the status of one who can win the podium 23 times in a row (Portugal GP 2002 to South Africa GP 2004).

How about Valentino Rossi in the next international events? What is the personal life of this Tavuilla driver?