Four rounds into his Ducati MotoGP career, Valentino Rossi has scored 47 points and sits fifth in the worꦅld championship.

The f☂ollowing list shows how that compares with the seven time MotoGP champion's previous eleven seasons in the premier-class, with Honda and then Yamaha. A further list shows the performance of the best Ducati rider since 2003.

After four rounds of 2011, Rossi🅰 has less points than all his previous seasons except 2000 and 🅷2006 - although compared with previous Ducati riders, he's done more favourably.

Loris Capirossi in 2006, then Casey Stoner in 20𒅌07-2009, claimed more points ♏for Ducati from the first four rounds of a season...

Valentino Rossi - Points and position after 4 rounds:
2011 (Ducati) 47 points - 5th
2010 (Yamaha) 61 points - 3rd*
2009 (Yamaha) 65 points - 2nd
2008 (Yamaha) 72 points - 3rd
2007 (Yamaha) 71 points - 2nd
2006 (Yamaha) 40 points - 6th
2005 (Yamaha) 95 points - 1st
2004 (Yamaha) 76 points - 2nd
2003 (Honda) 90 points - 1st
2002 (Honda) 95 points - 1st
2001 (Honda) 91 points - 1st
2000 (Honda) 21 points - 11th
* Rossi broke leg in practice for round four.

Ducati (best rider) - Points and position after 4 rounds:
2011 (Rossi) 47 points - 5th
2010 (Hayden) 39 points - 5th
2009 (Stoner) 65 points - 3rd*
2008 (Stoner) 56 points - 4th
2007 (Stoner) 86 points - 1st
2006 (Capirossi) 59 points - 2nd
2005 (Capirossi) 23 points - 10th
2004 (Capirossi) 28 points - 7th
2003 (Bayliss) 40 points - 5th
ౠ* Lorenzo, Rossi and Stoner were tied on points for 1st.