Five times MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi is 🅺scheduled to makꦫe his 100th appearance in the premier-class at Turkey this weekend.

The Italian superstar has not missed🎀 a race since making his debut in the category at th🍸e first race of the 2000 season, in South Africa.

Here are some of the highlights of R🀅ossi's premier class career:

Race n🉐umber 1. (2000/South Africa/Welkom - DNF) Rossi's debut ended with a crash on lap 13 after showing his potential by setting the fastest lap of the race while battling through the field from a bad start.

2. (2000/Malaysia/Sepang -♍ DNF) Crashed out👍 for a second successive race - this time on lap four while in second place.

3🅘. (2000/Japan/Suzuka - 11th) Scored his first points in the premier-class with a cautious ride to eleventh place.

9. (2000/GB/Donington - 1st) Scored his first premier-class victory at in a wet race. This was also the first time that any rider had won in all three classes at Doni🥀ngton.

17. (2001/Ja🎶pan/Suzuka - 1st) Won the opening race of the 2001 season to take the 500th Grand Prix victory for Honda.

18. (2001/South Africa/Welkom - 1st) 🔯Rossi starts from pole in the premier-class for the first time and completes the set by setting a🦩 new lap record on the way to victory.

19. (2001/Spain/Jerez - 1st) Won his third successive race to become the fꦯirst rider since Mick Doohan in 1992 to win the opening three races of the year in the premier-class and the first rider to score race wins in all three classes at Jerez.

22. (2001/Catalu🌌nya - 1st) Rossi wins the Catalan GP to become the first rider to take race victories in all three classes at the Catalunya circuit.

26. (2001/Czech/Brno - 1st) By winnin▨g the MotoGP race at Brno Rossi became the first rider to win in a💯ll three classes at the Czech circuit.

30. (2001/Australia/Phillip Island - 1st) Rossi clinches his first premier-class world title by winning one of the closest races of all time with less than one s♐econd covering the top four riders across the line. Rossi is only the second rider to win the 125c🍃c, 250cc and 500cc world titles, the other being Phil Read.

32. (2001/Brꦡazil/Rio - 1st) The eleventh win of the year for Rossi. Only Doohan in 1997 has scored more victories in a single season.

33. (2002/Japan/Suzuka - 1st) Rossi wins ꧃the🐈 first ever race under the new MotoGP rules, riding a 990cc Honda.

37. (2002/Italy/Mugello - 1st) R💧ossi takes his first premier-class race on home soil to become the first rider to win in all three classes at the Mugello circuit.

41. (2002/Germany/Sachsenring - 1st) Clinches his seventh consecutive victory which♔ is Rossi's longest🍷 string of wins.

44. (2002/Brazil/Ri💛o - 1st) Claims the first ever MotoGP title with four races left in the season.

47. (2002/Australia/Phillip Island - 1st) For the second successive year Rossi scores eleven victories in✱ a single season.

48.🔴 (2002/Valencia/Ricardo Tormo - 2nd) Sets a new record for total number of points achieved in the premier-class in a single season w♐ith 355.

60. (2003/Brazil/Rio - 1st) Scores his 50th podium finish in the 🍰premie😼r-class in only 60 starts.

62. (2003/Malaysia/Sepang - 1st) Clinches his third premier-class title with victory at Sepa🧔ng.

64. (2003/Valencia/Ricardo Tormo - 1st) Rossi sets a new recℱord for the premier-class of 16 podium finishes in a single season and a new recor﷽d points' total of 357.

65. (2004/South Africa/Welkom - 1st) By winning his first race riding a Yamaha, Rossi becomes the first rider to win back-to-back premier-class races on bikes f♔rom different manufacturers and also sets a new record of 23 consecutive podium finishes.

79. (2004/Australia/Phillip Island - 1st) Secures his fourth premier-class title with victory in Australia to become only the second rider ever to win back-to-back titles on bikes from different manufacturers, the other being Eddie 🐬Lawson.

80. (2004/Valencia/Ricardo Tormo - 1st) Rossi wins for the ninth time in 2004, more victories in a season than any other Yamaha rider has ever ac🐬hieved in the premier-class.

87. (2005/Dutch TT/Assen - 1st🔜) By winning the Dutch TT Rossi becomes the first Yamaha rider to win five successive races in the premier-class.

93. (2005/Malaysia/Sepaꦐng - 2nd) Clinches his 5th premier-class title by finishing second in Malaysia.

97. (2005/Valencia/Ricardo Tormo - 3rd) Ross꧅i finished third at the final race of 2005 to set another new record total of 367 points for the season.

98. (2006/Spain/Jerez - 14th) After crashing at the first corner Rossi remounts his machine and fin꧙ishes 14, his lowest ever poin𒉰t scoring finish in the premier-class.

99. (2006/Qatar/Losail - 1st) Rossi wins in Qatar to equal Doohan's 54 premier-class victo𝓰ries; only Giacomo Agostini has taken more victories in the premier-class with 68.