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Apr12021 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Valentino Rossi is ending his career, in 2022 he will be the new boss of Yamaha

Valentino Rossi has announced that at the end of this season he will end his long career as a racer and test himself in leading the team. Although he said before the season that he would decide to continue his racing career after the first few races of the season, after the race in Qatar he made the decision to race for the last time this year. The Italian will thus replace the experienced Lin Jarvis at the head of the factory Yamaha team. “After the winter testing, I wanted to see what shape I would be in,” Rossi said. “I wanted a little more time to make a decision, but Yamaha needs me and I couldn’t refuse their request,” he added.

Mar282021 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Rossi: Great round, but no deal with Bagnaia

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Valentino Rossi started his career as a Petronas SRT racer with a solid fourth place in the Qatar Grand Prix qualifiers. For the first starting line, however, he ran just 0.026 seconds after setting his best lap by driving behind Ducati racer Francesco Bagnaio. The latter won the best starting position, his first in the MotoGP class, and the factory racer Ducati was 0.342 seconds faster than Rossi, who was ultimately the highest ranked racer among non-factory teams. “I’m very pleased,” Rossi said. "We started the new season very nicely with a new team. I had a very good feeling and a lot of grip on the second set of tires. The lap was really good and I was able to drive at full speed without any mistakes and the final time was exceptional. Unfortunately it wasn't good enough to stay in

Mar272021 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Rossi happy with Yamaha and Ducati in best form of all

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Valentino Rossi has a slightly better result since the first race weekend of the 2021 season than he was used to last year, as he finished his first free practice in ninth place, which will most likely be enough to automatically qualify for the second part of qualifying. Today's third free practice, which could still shuffle the cards, will take place in hotter conditions, making the chances of time improvements smaller. The Petronas SRT Yamaha racer was only half a second slower than the fastest racer of the day, Jack Miller, which he attributed to the fact that he was happy with the behavior of the motorcycle, although even minor improvements were needed. “The engine settings are good and so I have a good feeling while driving, but we still need to fix some details,” he explained. "One of these is the electronics from which

Mar252021 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Valentino Rossi would become a dad and race for another 2 seasons

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Valentino Rossi will start his 26th season of the motorcycle championship this weekend, only this time, after a decade and a half as a factory driver, the Italian found himself in the garage of the Petronas Yamaha SRT semi-factory team. This is a new challenge for the 42-year-old Rossi, and he wants to stay in the MotoGP class for at least two more seasons, but a lot will depend on the first races of this year. “The contract is officially only valid for one season, but my goal is to race two more,” he told Italy’s Repubblica. "It will depend on how this season goes. If I have fun, fight for wins and podiums and finish races among the top five, then I will race on." The nine-time world champion, who has expressed a desire to become a dad, said he feels very privileged as the Qatari government vs

Mar112021 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Rossi felt like a racer again

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Valentino Rossi said after the first day of other winter tests that he felt like a racer again, even though he finished the day in 13th place. After the first three days of testing on the Petronas SRT motorcycle, the Italian was a bit disappointed, and even hinted that a different approach would be needed, adding that the new chassis, which is supposed to be more similar to the one from 2019, visible improvement. But at the start of the final three days of testing, the nine-time world champion improved his lap time by almost a full second, and after the first day, he said the motorcycle with the new chassis is better manageable than last year. “I had a better day today,” he said. "In the end I was 13th but I improved my lap time by almost a second. The feeling on the motorcycle was better and our work paid off

Mar82021 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Rossi after 20th place in tests: A second path is needed

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Valentino Rossi passed the first two days of testing in Qatar as a Yamaha Petronas SRT semi-factory team racer. The Italian finished the second and thus the last day of the first part of the tests in 20th place, when other racers tried to squeeze more out of the motorcycles after the introductory day, which in his opinion means they have to come back and take the second route. “The final place isn’t the best, my lap wasn’t either, but I didn’t feel good on the bike today,” Rossi said after the test day. "In the end, I had another problem with the engine, so I couldn't drive a fast lap, which would definitely improve my best time. But the problem isn't that, it's just that I just wasn't fast enough. Now we need to review the data collected. and tests below

Mar72021 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Rossi: The first laps on Petronas ’Yamaha were weird

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Valentino Rossi said the first laps on the Petronas SRT Yamaha were a bit strange. The Italian competed in the colors of the Malaysian team for the first time on Saturday and drove 54 laps in testing in Losail, setting the 14th time. https://twitter.com/sepangracing/status/1368185814207897614 The nine-time world champion will also be racing this year with full factory support from Yamaha and on a state-of-the-art M1 motorcycle, so he says not much has changed, although the first laps were a bit odd. “I was thrilled this morning as the new adventure began,” he said. "New colors, new team, everything is new, which motivates me a lot and gives me the strength to work. At first it was all a bit strange, but in the end it's still the same motorcycle, my M1. Even if she changed clothes, everything else still e

Mar62021 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Rossi: Crutchlow can help Yamaha a lot

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Valentino Rossi is convinced that Yamaha has strengthened considerably with the arrival of the Briton, Cal Crutchlow, who can make a big difference and help the Iwata manufacturer a lot in solving the problems that plagued them last season as well. Yamaha racers won half of last year’s races, but did not attribute any of the world championship titles to their account, also due to the inconsistent form of the motorcycles and technical problems. Much of the problem stemmed from a lack of test program, as previous test racer Jorge Lorenzo completed only four test days. This year, Yamaha strengthened with Crutchlow, who raced on their motorcycles in the Tech3 semi-factory team between 2011 and 2013. The Briton started his work on Friday in a shakedown test, and will continue in the official winter tests.

Mar12021 by Klara LjubiNo Comments

Petronas SRT with Rossi and Morbidelli in new colors

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The Petronas SRT team presented its color combination for the MotoGP 2021 season, as well as a changed driving line-up, where Valentino Rossi will race alongside Franco Morbidelli this year. For the Malaysian team, this will be the third season in the MotoGP class, after Morbidelli became runner-up last year and the team was strengthened by the experienced Rossi, who swapped places with Frenchman Fabio Quartararo. https://twitter.com/sepangracing/status/1366334145027334148 For the nine-time world champion, this will be the first time he has raced for the semi-factory team as a Yamaha racer, while the Italian, who is starting his 26th season in the World Championships, still continues to enjoy full factory Yamaha support. Despite being Yamaha's most successful racer last year, Morbidelli will not have the exact same motorcycle this year as t

Feb202021 by Marko HanželicNo Comments

Pernat: ROSSI is TOO OLD to fight for the podium

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In the second race of last season in Jerez, Valentino Rossi stood on the podium for the last time. If Carl Pernat's statement is to be believed, it should remain so after the end of this season. The last victory in MotoGP was celebrated by Valentino Rossi in 2017 in Assn, the Netherlands. “I think it would be better if I quit, but I know he still enjoys racing at the highest level,” Pernat told GPOne, adding, “Still, I find it pointless to insist when you see it doesn’t go any further. . " Last season, Rossi narrowly escaped tragedy. Morbidelli’s Yamaha M1 missed his helmet by just a few inches. "I don't think he's going to fight for the world title. Maybe he can show some good race. But the years go by. He doesn't have many fond memories of last year. If he took a risk, he fell," he added.