(3rd Edition)
Mat Oxley
RRP: £19.99, ISBN: 978 1 84425 833 8Format: Hardback, Publication Date: Out now!
Italy's Valentino Rossi has secured his 7th World MotoGP Crown!
A celebration of motorcycle racing's main man: Valentino Rossi
This is a long-awaited update of a fabulous visual study compiled by one of the best bike racing journalists in the business. Compelling photographs and sharp narrative capture the larger-than-life character of Valentino Rossi, one of the world's most charismatic sporting personalities, both on and off the track.
With its 200 pages of stunning photography this book illustrates Rossi's high- speed life from his earliest days on minibikes to his current position as MotoGP king and occasional WRC and F1 car driver. It chronicles each stage of his remarkable career and much, much more, covering his infamous victory celebrations, his bone-crunching crashes, his worshipping fans, his bitter rivals, his state-of-the-art machinery and his outrageous helmet designs. From racetrack images to hilarious behind-the-scenes photos, this book provides a unique portrait of a unique star, this is a visual treat for all who appreciate Rossi's talent and take on life in this age of conformist motorsport.
With 24 more pages than the second edition, this is a large format, glossy book, a complete visual record of Rossi's career capturing many of his finest moments and craziest antics. Updated to cover Rossi's return to the top of his form in 2008, when he regained the World Championship title after two lean years. Over 250 photographs are gathered into themed chapters, each with a short introduction followed by picture sequences with extended captions.
The author Mat Oxley, a former motorcycle racer and Isle of Man TT winner, has been writing about bike racing for more than two decades, following Rossi's career from the moment the youngster first stepped on to the World Championship scene. He writes for a range of motorcycle publications, along with a newly published title, Stealing Speed and his acclaimed biographies of Rossi and '90s racing legend Mick Doohan have been translated into Italian, Japanese and German.
