Valentino Rossi is an Italian motorcycle road racer. Having won nine Grand Prix World Championships, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest motorcycle racers ever. Apart from being a famous racer, Valentino Rossi also owns the Sky Racing Team VR46, which competes in the Moto3 and Moto2 classes.
![Giacomo Agostini Giacomo Agostini](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/giacomo-agostini-1.jpg)
Giacomo Agostini is an Italian world champion Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He amassed 122 Grand Prix wins and 15 World Championship titles in a career spanning 17 years. Industry experts consider him one of the greatest Grand Prix riders of all time. In 2010, he was named an FIM Legend for his motorcycling achievements.
![Francesco Bagnaia Francesco Bagnaia](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/francesco-bagnaia-134541-1.jpg)
![Max Biaggi Max Biaggi](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/max-biaggi-1.jpg)
Max Biaggi is an Italian retired professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He is a former racing world champion who won the 2010 and 2012 World Superbike Championship. He also won the 250cc World Championship four consecutive times. His brilliant racing career earned him the nicknames 'il Corsaro' ('the Corsair') and 'the Roman Emperor.'
![Andrea Dovizioso Andrea Dovizioso](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/andrea-dovizioso-1.jpg)
Andrea Dovizioso is a motorcycle racer who won the 125cc World Championship title at the 2004 Grand Prix. With 62 MotoGP podiums and 15 victories, Dovizioso is one of the most eminent MotoGP riders of the modern era. He is the only racer to win a MotoGP race in three separate decades, having won races in 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s.
![Enea Bastianini Enea Bastianini](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/enea-bastianini-134533-1.jpg)
![Marco Simoncelli Marco Simoncelli](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/marco-simoncelli-1.jpg)
Marco Simoncelli was an Italian motorcycle racer. From 2002 to 2011, Simoncelli competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing and won the 2008 Grand Prix Championship. While competing in the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix on 23 October, Simoncelli lost control over his motorcycle and was run over by other vehicles on the track. He died of wounds at age 24.
![Franco Morbidelli Franco Morbidelli](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/franco-morbidelli-122227-1.jpg)
![Marco Melandri Marco Melandri](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/marco-melandri-20078-1.jpg)
Marco Melandri is an Italian former motorcycle road racer who won the 2002 250 cc World Championship title. He also won MotoGP races in 2005 and 2006 before competing in Superbike World Championship in 2011. Although he retired from racing after taking part in the Superbike World Championship in 2019, Marco Melandri made a brief return in 2020.
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![Marco Lucchinelli Marco Lucchinelli](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/marco-lucchinelli-134585-1.jpg)
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