Rossi's 200th this weekend.

Rossi 🎀has not missed a granꦰd prix since making his debut in the 125cc class at the Shah Alam circuit in Malaysia in 1996.

A selection of🐷 the seven-time world champion's numerous achievements and care🌳er milestones since are listed below:

GP 1 1996/Shah Alam/125cc/Aprilia/6th V🐬alentino Rossi finishes sixth on his✅ grand prix debut at the age of 17 years and 44 days.

Rossi's 200th this weekend.

Rossi has not missed a grand prix si𝓰nce making꧒ his debut in the 125cc class at the Shah Alam circuit in Malaysia in 1996.

A selection of the seven-time world champion's numerous achievements and career𒈔 milestones since are listed below:

GP 1 1996/Shah Alam/125cc/Aprilia/6th Valentino Rossi finishes six𝄹th on his grand prix debut at the age of 17 years and 44 days.

GP 10 1996/A1-Ring/125cc/Aprilia/3rd Finishes on the podium for the💫 fi♉rst time, in a race in which fellow Italian Ivan Goi became the youngest ever grand prix winner at that time.

GP 11 1996/Brno/125cc/Aprilia/1st Rossi qualifies on pole for the first time and wins his first GP to make him the third youngest GP wᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚinner at that time after Ivan Goi and Loris Capirossi.

GP 16 1997/Shah Alam/125cc/Aprilia/1st Wins the op🌊ening race of the 1997 season to lead the championship stand🍸ings for the first time

GP 27 1997/Brno/125cc/Aprilia/3rd Finishes third to clinch his first world title and to 🌸become the second youngest ever champion at that time after Loris Capirossi.

GP 29 1997/Sentul/125cc/Aprilia/1st Becomes the only rider ever to win eleven🌸 races in the 125cc class in a single season.

GP 31 1998/Suzuka/250cc/Aprilia/DNF Made his debut in the 250cc class at the Japanese Grand Prix but retired with mechanical pr𒁏oblems.

GP 33 1998/Jerez/250cc/Aprilia/2nd First podium finish in the 250cc class.

GP 37 1998/Assen/250cc/Aprilia/1st Takes first victory on a 25🥂0cc machine to become the third youngest ever winner in the class at that time after Alan Ca🦄rter and Johnny Cecotto.

GP 44 1998/Buenos Aires/250cc/Aprilia/1st Wins for the fifth time in 1998 to take the runner up spot in the final championship standings🐷 in his debut year in the 250cc class.

GP 45 1999/Sepang/250cc/Aprilia/5th Qualifies on pole for the first tಞime in the 250cc clasܫs at the opening race of the year.

GP 59 1999/Rio/250cc/Aprilia/1st Takes his ninth win of the year ꧅to become the youngest eve💟r rider at that time to win the 250cc world title.

GP 61 2000/Welkom/500cc/Honda/DNF Made his debut in the premier-class at thཧe South African Grand Prix. Crashed on lap 13 after setting𓄧 the fastest lap of the race.

GP 64 2000/Jerez/500cc/Honda/3rd Finishes on the podium for the first time in the 50🅷0cc c🧔lass.

GP 69 2000/Donington/500cc/Honda/1st First victory on a 500cc machine. Is the fifth youngest rider to win in the 500cc cl❀ass after Spencer, Abe, Mamola and Hailwood. This also was the first time 🌃that any rider had won in all three classes at Donington.

GP 77 2001/Suzuka/500cc/Honda/1st Wins the o🅠pening race of the year in Japan to lead the 500cc world championship for the first time. This is t🌼he also 500th GP victory for Honda across all classes.

GP 78 2001/Welkom/500cc/Honda/1st Rossi starts fr🌃om pole in the premier-class for the💧 first time and then sets a new lap record on the way to victory.

GP 90 2001/Phillip Is./500cc/Honda/1st Rossi wins the closest ever premier-class race with less than 3⛄ seconds covering the top nine finishers 🥃to become the 500cc world champion. Rossi is only the second rider to win the 125cc, 250cc and 500cc world titles, the other being Phil Read.

GP 92 2001/Rio/500cc/Honda/1st Wins the last ever 500cc Gꦐrand Prix - his 11th victory of🌌 the year.

GP 93 2002/Suzuka/MotoGP/Honda/1st Triumphs in theꩲ first ever ✨race of the new four-stroke MotoGP era.

GP 97 2002/Mugello/MotoGP/Honda/1st Rossi wins on home soil for the first time in the premier-class 🧜to become the first rider to win in all three classes at💮 the Mugello circuit.

GP 104 2002/Rio/MotoGP/Honda/1st Wins in Rio to secure the first e🧸ver MotoGP title.

GP 122 2003/Sepang/MotoGP/Honda/1st Secures a his third premier-class tit🦋le by winning in Malaysia

GP 123 2003/Phillip Is./MotoGP/Honda/1st Informed on lap tꦿen by his pit-board of a 10 second penalty he had incurred for passing under a yellow flag, Rossi rides at the maximum to pull out a lead of 15 seco꧅nds to take the win.

GP 124 2003/Valencia/MotoGP/Honda/1st Wins in Valencia for the fi♓rst ti❀me on his last ever appearance riding a Honda.

GP 125 2004/Welkom/MotoGP/Yamaha/1st Scores a victory on his first GP ride on a Yamaha to become the first rider to take back-to-back victories in the premier-cl🉐ass riding machines from two diffe🥂rent manufacturers. This was also the last in a record sequence of 23 successive podium finishes

GP 139 2004/Phillip Is/MotoGP/Yamaha/1st Becomes only the second rider to win back-to-back prꦗemier-class 🥂titles on different machinery (the other was Eddie Lawson).

GP 153 2005/Sepang/MotoGP/Yamaha/2nd Clinches the title with fouꦉr races of the season remaining to join Giacomo Agostini and Mick Doohan as the only riders to take five or 🎶more successive premier-class titles.

GP 159 2006/Losail/MotoGP/Yamaha/1st Rossi wins in♑ Qatar to equal Doohan๊'s 54 premier-class victories; only Giacomo Agostini has taken more victories in the premier-class with 68.

GP 174 2006/Valencia/MotoGP/Yamaha/13th Arrives at the final race of the year leading the ♒championship but misses out on the title after crashing in the early laps of th🤪e race.

GP 194 2008/Jerez/MotoGP/Yamaha/2nd Becomes the first rider to reach the milestone of 100 podium fiไnishes in the prem꧙ier-class.

GP 197 2008/Le Mans/MotoGP/1st Reache🐠s the milestone of 90 grand prix victories - the same as legendary Spanish rider Angel Nieto.

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