Rossi smashes another record

Current MotoGP™ World Championship leader Valentino Rossi has broken Angel Nieto’s 29-year-old record for time between 1st and last podiums.

With his third place finish in Germany, Valentino Rossi added to his collection of records achieved during his long grand prix career. Rossi now holds the record for the longest interval between the first grand prix podium finish and the latest podium finish across all grand prix classes. Angel Nieto held the record for the last 29 years. Below is a list of the five riders who have the longest period between the first and last grand prix podium finishes:

	Rider	First GP podium	Last GP podium	Time between
1	Valentino Rossi	125cc/Austria/1996	MotoGP™/Germany/2015	18 years 342 days
2	Angel Nieto	50cc/Dutch TT/1967	125cc/Italy/1986	18 years 328 days
3	Loris Capirossi	125cc/Italy/1990	MotoGP™/Czech/2008	18 years 90 days
4	Stefan Dörflinger	50cc/Yugo/1973	80cc/Dutch TT/1989	16 years 7 days
5	Tommy Robb	250cc/Ulster/1957	125cc/IOM TT/1973	15 years 302 days

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