Valentino Rossi is saying goodbye to the Yamaha factory team after this season and is coming to Petronas Yamaha, where he will replace the seat with Fabio Quartararojem. After the last race of the 2020 season in Portugal, an emotional farewell followed in his garage.
In total, Rossi spent 15 seasons at Yamaha and achieved remarkable success. This year’s result of 12 in the overall standings was one of the worst in his career for the Italian, but we must add that he had a lot of pitches with corona virus infection and falls and the technical breakdowns he experienced in the second half of the season. However, in the end he did not lag far behind his teammate Maverick Vinales, who fought for the title of world champion until a few races before the end.
When Rossi returned to Yamaha’s garage for the last time, it was something emotional. Because the story ends not only with the team, but also with the many friends he has on the team. “This is an important moment, as this is the end of our journey together. Our history between me and Yamaha is divided into two parts. The first part was I think my best part of my career where Yamaha and I were writing history. I am very proud of the second part as well. Once again, I want to thank Lin and the whole Yamaha. They gave me a chance to get back on the team after two bad seasons at Ducati. I will never forget when Lin Jarvis said I would have a chance to get back on the team. Thanks I also want to say to the rest of the team who supported me. I will still be driving for Yamaha next season, but in different colors and a different garage, ” said nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi.
“It’s an emotional moment. It’s always sad to say goodbye, especially to people who have been such an important part of the team. The situation in paddock is constantly evolving and new people are coming, ” said Yamaha Racing CEO Lynn Jarvis.
“After 15 years of fighting for the title with the Yamaha Factory Racing Team, now is the time to take Valea to another Yamaha team. So it’s a great privilege to work with him all these seasons. We shared a lot of wonderful moments, we even wrote some history together and we can always be proud of that, ” said Monster Yamaha team director Massimo Meregalli.
Rossi is on the Yamaha team first came after three titles with Honda in the 2001-2003 seasons, where, despite a slightly worse Yamaha, he managed to win his first race and also win the Yamaha title. He also won the title in the 2005 season and lost it against in the 2006 and 2007 seasons Nicky Haydn in Casey Stoner.
In the 2008 and 2009 seasons, he won another at Yamaha two titles and it was his too last title world champion. He followed transfer k Ducati in the 2011 season, where everyone was eagerly awaiting Italian connection Rossi-Ducati, but due to excessive engine adaptation to Rossi, the project did not succeed in winning the title at Ducati and finished both championships in a modest seventh and sixth place.
She followed return to Yamaha, where he performed until the end of this season. He no longer won the title mainly on account Marc Marquez, who has won the series in recent years in MotoGP however, he won second place overall in the standings in the 2014-2016 seasons. 56 wins, but it has been a long time since his last victory three years, as he last won the 2017 season at Assn in the Netherlands.
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