After having been tested and approved by many of the contemporaries of the Motorcycle Grand Prix paddock (including Kenny Roberts Jr and Valentino Rossi, who would both go on to win on 500cc motorcycles), the game was released in 1999 and achieved popularity within the sim racing communities around the world for being the most advanced motorcycle racing game at the time.
In a Moto GP preview show Roberts interviewed champion racer Valentino Rossi over a game of table football.
Only Giacomo Agostini with eight (seven consecutive) and Valentino Rossi with seven (five consecutive) have won more premier class titles.
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Jeremy Burgess, Doohan's chief engineer for his entire career, later became Valentino Rossi's chief engineer.
In connection with their joint project Quarantasei, in July 2006, Manara designed a helmet for Moto GP rider Valentino Rossi, specifically made for the Italian GP in Mugello.
Players could ride as most of the MotoGP riders from 2002, except for a couple of riders including Valentino Rossi, Max Biaggi and a few other riders.
From 2009 to 2010, the name Packard Bell has been seen on the FIAT Yamaha MotoGP racebike of World Champion Valentino Rossi of Italy.
Budaj's 2009–10 mask features his racing idol Valentino Rossi on one side, the Avalanche's alternate foot logo on the other, and retains Ned Flanders on the back.
Valentino | Rudolph Valentino | Valentino SpA | Valentino Garavani | Valentino Rossi | Vasco Rossi | Ernesto Rossi | Portia de Rossi | Aldo Rossi | De Rossi | Salamone Rossi | Moonlight and Valentino | Giovanni Battista de Rossi | Valentino: The Last Emperor | Ugo Rossi | Rossi | Martini & Rossi | Jim Valentino | Gino Rossi | Ernesto Rossi (politician) | Dino Rossi | Valentino Gasparella | Sergio Rossi | Serena Valentino | Richard Rossi | Lukas Rossi | Lenny Valentino | Iván Pérez Rossi | Franco Rossi | David Rossi |
Tavullia is the home town of the legendary 9-times world motorcycle champion Valentino Rossi.
Although the pair were fighting for the title from different pit boxes (as Valentino Rossi chose to use Bridgestone tyres and as Jorge Lorenzo continued with Michelin), Yamaha operated as one brand and not two separate manufacturers.