Motorbiking

Hi, I'm Miguel and I'm going to talk about the Grand Prix motorbike championship and my favourite rider Valentino Rossi, who is the current world champion.

The championship takes place every year between March and November and there are more or less 17 races.

There are three classes:

•125cc: This class has really young riders some of them are 15 and the motorbikes are
little but they can do over 200 km/h

•250cc: This is the 250cc class with bigger bikes. The champion is Marco Simonchelli

•Moto GP: This is the top class with really big bikes, which go at over 350 km/h

Valentino Rossi has won one championship in 125cc, another in 250cc and 6 in Moto GP. He also holds the record of victories in Moto GP, in addition he has won nearly half of the races he has competed in.

He is also known for his funny celebrations when he wins a championship or an important race. For example, once he went to the podium with a plastic chicken to promote a friend's butcher's, another time he dropped the motorbike on the ground, he jumped over the circuit fence and went into a portable bathroom.

His best rival is Casey Stoner who won the 2007 championship and beat him in the first race of the year, which took place last Monday at Losail circuit in Qatar. It was supposed to take place on Sunday but it was cancelled because it was raining a lot. The most shocking thing about this race is that it is raced in the middle of the night lit by huge spotlights.