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

A se🎉lection of the seven-time world champion's numerous achievements and career milestones since are listed♒ below:

GP 1 1996/Shah Alam/125cc/Aprilia/6th Valentino Rossi finishes♍ sixth 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 first time, in a race in which fellow Italian Ivan Goi became the youngest ever grand prix ꦇwinner 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 winner at that time after Ivan Goi and Loris Capirossi.

GP 16 1997/Shah Alam/125cc/Aprilia/1st Wins theജ opening race of the 1997 season to lead the champion🦩ship standings 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 ti🍸me 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 tꦿhe 250cc class at the Japanese Grand Prix but retired with mechanical problems.

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

GP 37 1998/Assen/250cc/Aprilia/1st Takes firsꦡt victory on a 250cc machine to b🐟ecome the third youngest ever winner in the class at that time after Alan Carter and Johnny Cecotto.

GP 44 1998/Buenos Aires/250cc/Aprilia/1st Wins f🉐or the fifth time in 1998 t🐻o 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 time i🅠n the 250cc class at the opening race of the year.

GP 59 1999/Rio/250cc/Aprilia/1st Takes his n👍inth win of the ꦗyear to become the youngest ever 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 the South African Grand Pri🅷x. Crashed on lap 13 after setting the fastest ꦏlap of the race.

GP 64 2000/Jerez/500cc/Honda/3rd Fini🌺shes on the podium for the first time in the 500cc class.

GP 69 2000/Donington/500cc/Honda/1st First victory on a 500cc machine. Is🎃 the fifth youngest rider to win in the 500cc class 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 opening race of the year in Japa🌸n to lead the 500cc world championship for the first time. This is the also 500th GP victory for Honda across all classes.

GP 78 2001/Welkom/500cc/Honda/1st Rossi starts from pole in the premier-class for𒈔 the first time and then sets a new𝓡 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 be🐟come 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 Grand Prix - his 11th v🦄icto𝓀ry of the year.

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

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

GP 104 2002/Rio/MotoGP/Honda/1st Wins in Rio to se🃏cure the first ever MotoGP titl🍒e.

GP 122 2003/Sepang/MotoGP/Honda/1st Secu𒀰res a his third premier-class title by winning in Malaysia

GP 123 2003/Phillip Is./MotoGP/Honda/1st Informed on lap ten 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 seconds to ta🐎ke the win.

GP 124 2003/Valencia/MotoGP/Honda/1st Wins in Val✱encia for the first time 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 riꦜder to take back-to-back victories in the premier-class riding machines from two different manufacturꦐers. 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 r🤡ider to win back-to-back premier-class titles on different machinery (the other was Eddie Lawson).

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

GP 159 2006/Losail/MotoGP/Yamaha/1st Rossi wins in Q🧜atar to equal Doohan's 54 premier-class victories; only Giacomo Agostini has taken mo𒈔re 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 a😼fter crashing in the early la💝ps of the race.

GP 194 2008/Jerez/MotoGP/Yamaha/2nd Becomes the first rider to reach the milestone of𓂃 100 podium finishes in the premier-class.

GP 197 2008/Le Mans/MotoGP/1st Reaches the milestone of 90 gra🅰nd prix victories - the same a𝄹s legendary Spanish rider Angel Nieto.