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Yamaha Confirm that Rossi Stays in 2007 |
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| Thursday, 01 June 2006 | |
Following the recent announcement that Rossi would not go to F1 in 2007, Yamaha have confirmed today that the reigning champion will not be going anywhere at the end of the season. 2007 will mark the beginning of the 800cc era for MotoGP and a new challenge for a rider that has won championships on 125, 250, 500 and 990cc machinery. Speaking from the Mugello circuit earlier today, Yamaha's racing director Lin Jarvis commented, "We are firstly delighted that Valentino has chosen to stay in MotoGP. He is a great ambassador for motorcycle racing in general and extremely important to the global image of this sport. He is the most talented and the fastest rider on the grid and the benchmark to which others aspire."We are extremely happy that Valentino has chosen to continue his illustrious MotoGP career with Yamaha in 2007. Yamaha and Valentino have an excellent relationship and we have enjoyed great success together since our partnership was born in 2004. It's exciting news for Yamaha's fans; Valentino's worldwide appeal unites them under one banner and brings more and more people daily into the Yamaha ‘family'. "Of course it's of key importance to us that Valentino will now be in a position to lead the development of Yamaha's new 800cc project for 2007. His input will be invaluable and we believe we will be able to challenge to win the title next year with the new bike. Both Valentino and Yamaha relish the new challenge ahead.
On the announcement, Rossi said "I'm very pleased to be staying with Yamaha next year. These past two years with Yamaha have been two of the best of my career and I am extremely happy to stay with them and with my team. I believe I have made the right choice and I am very excited about the challenge of a new class of racing with Yamaha next year." Valentino will be hoping to get his title defense back on track this weekend at his home race in Mugello, following a dire start to the 2006 season in which the #46 bike has won only one race and not finished in the past two rounds. (0) Comment on this article in our forums |
"In the meantime our short term goal is to provide him with the means to defend his MotoGP title this year. We are confident that Valentino can recover from an unlucky start to his title defence, starting at our Factory Team's home race in Mugello this weekend."| « Previous article | Next article » |
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