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Valentino Rossi

By: Stuart Barker
Narrated by: Jonathan Guy Lewis
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Summary

'At high speed everything becomes more difficult and more beautiful. When you're racing at 180mph, the semi-bends become bends, the little holes become big holes, 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 23 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. His popularity is phenomenal. For Rossi, every race is a home race. He turns MotoGP grandstands across the world a sea of yellow - his traditional lucky colour.

In more than two decades of Grand Prix racing, Rossi has seen it all. The deaths of rivals and friends, the glory of his unprecedented success, serious injuries, fabulous wealth, the greatest battles ever seen on two wheels, 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 best-selling motorsport author Stuart Barker has produced the most in-depth book ever written about the Italian superstar - a tale of speed, love and loss, told in full for the very first time, in all its adrenalin-charged, high-octane glory.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2020 Stuart Barker (P)2020 Bonnier Books UK

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Rossi....GOAT Fact

listened from start to finish in one sitting, good the bad and the ugly, still love Rossi. never in our lifetime will you see the like again.

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A good insight to the man.

A good insight to the man who is. Although I think maybe the narration should of been better researched, many mistakes in pronounces of names. Also not that different to the other books on Valentino. But a good listen none the less.

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legendary

absolutely loved it what a guy, very interesting book definitely worth a listen even if your not a bike fan

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the goat

Good I shall lessen to it a gene. Narrated well good to hear that Rossi will by see my racing something deferent.

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Great book

really good biography and full of facts. shame narrator didn't know how to pronounce the majority of riders' names. calling Jorge lorenzo George was rather annoying along with wrong way of saying vinales, gibernau and many others

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very good

enjoyed a lot. except its expensive for an audio book. but still interesting listen

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Detailed year by year of Rossi's career until 2020

just wish the author was more consulted on some rider name pronunciation. Otherwise excellent book learned loads of new things I never knew that went on behind the scenes and also away from the track.

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The bio Rossi deserves

Much better than Rossi's earlier (too early) autobiography. As a bike fan exactly same age as Vale I started on bikes at 16 as he was starting on the world stage- is great to have someone like Rossi to benchmark my life against :I


As a massive bike and Rossi fan I can't say if its a good book for non-fans but I highly rate this, didn't put it down.

The narrator butchered the names throughout, even getting Vale wrong, tried not to let it annoy me but definitely did. Maybe a petty issue for most, overall a great racer bio.

Best is What a Do by Whitham. Also John McGuinness' bio.

Enjoy

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Still the best

Nuff said. There is only one Valentino Rossi. He has given me and my wife so much pleasure over the years. I still maintain that he has 10 yes TEN World Championships because he was ripped off by Marquez and his baulking of Valentino. Forza Valentino!!!

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pronounciation

Of its type It’s a good book. It is well read except for the shocking pronunciation of some of the key players. I’m sure with some simple editorial guidance this could have been easily sorted. It’s unlikely to be a book for a casual listener and so the people who download are going to be very aware of the correct names. It’s not George Lorenzo for instance!

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