This Sunday's German Grand Prix will see Valentino Rossi make his 250th grand prix start, across all classes.
Up to crashing and breaking his leg in practice for last year's Italian Grand Prix, Rossi had made 230 consecutive starts; an all-time record.
Rossi will become just the sixth rider in the history of motorcycle grand prix racing to reach the 250-starts milestone, as exposed in the following table.
The nine-time world champion is at present enduring his longest losing streak in grand prix racing, having gone eleven consecutive races without a victory.
Rossi's first ever grand prix, at the 1996 125cc Brno race, came in his eleventh start.
Loris Capirossi, who holds the all-time record for GP starts, is due to come back from injury this weekend.
Rossi, Capirossi and Randy de Puniet are the only riders in the top 15 start list to still be opposing in grand prix.
Carlos Checa, Max Biaggi and Marco Melandri are also unmoving racing at world championship level and now battling for the World Superbike title.
