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- seven of which are in the premier MotoGP class. Rossi raced for

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and Ducati's

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and

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. Rossi won the 125cc World Championship, the 250cc World Championship, the 500cc World Championship, and the , , , , and MotoGP World Championships. His 115 Grand Prix victories are the second highest of all time. His most successful circuit are Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and

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where he has won ten times. Rossi's largest margin of victory was at the 2002 Portuguese Grand Prix, and the smallest margin of victory was at the 2001 Australian Grand Prix when he beat

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by 0.013 seconds in the race.

Wins

Key: * No. – Victory number. * Race – Motorcycle Grand Prix career race start number. * Grid – Starting position on grid. * Margin – Margin of victory (min:sec.ms). * – Rider's Championship winning season.

Number of wins at different Grands Prix

Number of wins at different circuits

Notes

References

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Wins

Number of wins at different Grands Prix

Number of wins at different circuits

See also

Notes

References