V. Rossi of Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Victorious in Rd. 8 of MotoGP 2017!

On May 25, 2017 Valentino Rossi of the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team finished 1st in the Dutch GP, held at the TT Circuit Assen, winning his first GP in a year.

V. Rossi (left) involved in a fierce battle with D. Petrucci

V. Rossi, who started in 4th position, moved up to 1st place in the 10th lap. However, in the latter half of the race weather conditions changed and rain started to fall. Here V. Rossi got involved in a fierce battle for 1st place with D. Petrucci, but he managed to come out on top and win the race with a margin of just 0.063 seconds.
His teammate, Maverick Vinales starting from 11th grid, quickly made his way up the field, but a crash in lap 14 forced him to retire the race.

V. Rossi (center) on the podium.

2017 MotoGP Calendar

Race		Date	Viñales	Rossi
Round 1	Qatar	26/03	1st	3rd
Round 2	Republica Argentina	09/04	1st	2nd
Round 3	Americas	23/04	DNF	2nd
Round 4	Spain	07/05	6th	10th
Round 5	France	21/05	1st	DNF
Round 6	Italy	04/06	2nd	4th
Round 7	Catalunya	11/06	10th	8th
Round 8	Netherlands	25/06	DNF	1st
Round 9	Germany	02/07
Round 10	Czech Republic	06/08
Round 11	Austria	13/08
Round 12	Great Britain	27/08
Round 13	San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini	10/09
Round 14	Aragon	24/09
Round 15	Japan	15/10
Round 16	Australia	22/10
Round 17	Malaysia	29/10
Round 18	Comunitat Valenciana	12/11

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