Valentino Rossi: The Definitive Biography

Motorcycle News calls Stuart Barker's book "Exceptional," and Daily Mirror says it's a "must-read for all bike nuts." The book is the most in-depth ever written about Valentino Rossi, the most successful and beloved motorcycle racer of all time. It tells the story of his life in Grand Prix racing, including his successes, injuries, and rivalries, and is filled with exclusive new interviews with those who have been part of his story.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 368 pages
\n Publication date: 01 April 2021
\n Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd
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Motor Cycle News has dubbed Stuart Barker "the motorcycling equivalent of Valentino Rossi," comparing his writing to Rossi's riding skills. This book is a must-read for all bike enthusiasts, as it delves into the world of motorcycle racing in an exceptional and captivating way.

At high speeds, everything becomes more challenging and beautiful. When racing at 180mph, the semi-bends become bends, the little holes become big holes, and everything becomes extreme and bigger. And then, it becomes beautiful.

Valentino Rossi is an icon: the most successful and most loved motorcycle racer of all time. He has transcended MotoGP to become a symbol of courage, risk, and daring. To race for twenty-three years at the very highest level of the world's most dangerous sport is unprecedented. But then, there has never been a motorcycle racer like Valentino Rossi.

He is a modern-day gladiator, a man who still risks his life every time he throws a leg over a motorcycle. Yet, for all his two-wheel talents, it is Rossi's endearing character that has seen him transcend the sport. For Rossi, every race is a home race. He turns MotoGP grandstands across the world into a sea of yellow, his traditional lucky color.

In more than two decades of Grand Prix racing, he has seen it all. The deaths of rivals and friends, the glory of unprecedented success, serious injuries, fabulous wealth, the greatest battles ever seen on two wheels, and the infamous on and off-track clashes with his fiercest rivals.

Using exclusive new interviews with those who have been part of Rossi's story from start to finish, critically-acclaimed and bestselling motorsport author Stuart Barker has produced the most in-depth book ever written about the Italian superstar. This tale of speed, love, and loss is told in full for the very first time, in all its adrenalin-charged, high-octane glory.

\n Weight: 286g\n
Dimension: 129 x 198 x 31 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781789464184\n \n