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Yamaha Announces Rossi to leave MotoGP Team

rossi 2004 title1 thumb Yamaha Announces Rossi to leave MotoGP TeamJust minutes ago, Yamaha announced that Valentino Rossi would leave the Yamaha MotoGP team as was widely expected.

Lin Jarvis, Managing Director of Yamaha Motor Racing said:

“On behalf of the Yamaha Motor Group, I would like to express our sincere gratitude for the amazing seven years that we have spent together. Valentino joined Yamaha in 2004 at a moment when Yamaha was struggling in road racing after eleven seasons without a championship victory. Valentino’s victory at his first GP race for Yamaha in South Africa in 2004 was an incredible moment and was just the first of many more race wins that have thrilled MotoGP fans and Yamaha fans around the world. His unsurpassed skills as a racer and a development rider enabled him to win four MotoGP world titles to date with us and helped Yamaha develop the YZR-M1 into the ‘the bike of reference’ for the MotoGP class.

link: Crash.net

Official confirmation that Valentino Rossi is to join the factory Ducati team followed shortly.

Official Yamaha Press Release and Valentino Rossi comments


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2 Responses to “Yamaha Announces Rossi to leave MotoGP Team”

  1. Great news to see Valentino in Ducati, but shame on Jarvis and Yamaha that instead of keeping the best rider ever, they gave priority to interests giving to Lorenzo 1st place in yamaha team.

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