Valentino Rossi to retire? MotoGP legend to determine on his future after Yamaha indicators Fabio Quartararo as his alternative for 2021

MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi will decide on his retirement from the game this coming season after the manufacturing facility Yamaha group introduced French rider Fabio Quartararo will exchange the Italian famous person within the group from 2021.

French ace Quartararo has impressed for the satellite tv for pc Petronas Yamaha group to date in his profession on the high stage of motorbike racing, and his shows have earned him a full manufacturing facility journey alongside Rossi’s Spanish teammate Maverick Vinales in 2021. However that comes on the expense of Rossi, who is taken into account by many to be the best man to ever race on two wheels.

Now 40, Rossi should determine on his subsequent transfer, with the Italian left to work out whether or not he needs to retire on the finish of the 2020 season – his 25th season in grand prix racing – or change to a different group for 2021.

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“Yamaha requested me at the start of the 12 months to decide concerning my future,” stated the nine-time world champion.

“It’s clear that after the final technical modifications and with the arrival of my new crew chief, my first purpose is to be aggressive this 12 months and to proceed my profession as a MotoGP rider additionally in 2021.

“Earlier than doing so, I must have some solutions that solely the monitor and the primary few races may give me.”

Yamaha’s resolution to announce Quartararo so early has put extra pressure on the group boss Lin Jarvis, who stated that the group was compelled to look to the long run, with a bunch of groups trying to safe Quartararo’s signature.

However he additionally revealed that, despite the fact that there is probably not a spot for Rossi within the official manufacturing facility group from 2021, Yamaha would nonetheless assist the Italian if he determined to go it alone or be part of a satellite tv for pc group.

“It is a bizarre sensation to start out a season understanding that Vale is not going to be within the manufacturing facility group in 2021, however Yamaha will nonetheless be there for Valentino, no matter he might determine for the long run,” he defined.

“If he feels assured and continues to race, we’ll present a factory-spec YZR-M1 bike and full engineering assist.”

The 2020 MotoGP season will get underway in Qatar on March eight.

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