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The official agreement between Rossi and Petronas has reached Barcelona: in 2021 Valentino will again compete in MotoGP with the Yamaha satellite team. He will take with him the telemetry operator Matteo Flamigni, the team leader David Muñoz and the technician Idalio Gavira. His cashier partner will be his friend Franco Morbidelli. Rossi has signed a one-year contract: next summer, based on the results, it will be evaluated whether it will continue in 2022
PHOTO. ROSSI’S RACE IN YAMAHA
Only the officers were missing. The announcement came on Saturday from the Catalan GP: In 2021 Rossi will leave the Yamaha factory team to join the Petronas satellite team. Valentino signed a one year contract: Next summer, based on the results, we will evaluate whether to continue together also in 2022.
Meeting with Petronas executives
Rossi signed the contract in the Yamaha truck at 11:50 am. Razlan, among others, participated in the meeting Razali, Petronas team manager, and Lin Jarvis, Managing Director of Yamaha. Rossi’s agreement is explained as a result of the experience and needs of 25 years of contracts, so it is very complex. Now we are all ready to tell another chapter in a long, winning and fascinating story. The reflections on one of the great champions of all time in the history of sport have now deepened and, paradoxically, he remains the essence of everyday life. The same work that Valentino faces with the illusion of the first day between track sessions, set-ups, tires, interviews.. A routine that has not tired him or those who this year unfortunately can only follow it from home, because the yellow invasion, the affectionate Mugello assault where “nobody sleeps”, is becoming a memory hopefully not too faded.
Valentino’s contract
In Rossi’s contract with Petronas there is no clause that provides for a new extension in 2022, but only a kind of gentlemen’s agreement what does it say: “If we are both happy before summer, we will continue together“, which can mean anything and everything. Valentino brings the crew chief with him David muñoz, the telemetry operator Matteo flamigni and the coach Idalio Gavira. The Doctor, on the other hand, was unable to transport his historical mechanics Briggs me Stephens. Factors, that of the expansion and its small team, which however weigh little in general terms, because having Valentino still in MotoGP, continuing to talk about him every day, is a value that goes beyond everything.
Petronas’ official press release
This is the official Petronas press release, which contains the announcement of Rossi’s transition from factory team to satellite team in 2021: “Petronas Yamaha Sepang Racing Team is proud to announce that Rossi will join our team for the 2021 season of the MotoGP. Valentino needs no introduction, considered by many to be the best driver ever thanks to a record career in the premier class since 2000. Rossi will race on a Yamaha YZR-M1 for the ninth consecutive season. Valentino will join Yamaha’s satellite team in what will be Petronas’ third season in the MotoGP category, following the Malaysian team’s debut at the 2019 Qatar GP. Rossi announcement with his compatriot and friend Franco Morbidelli completes Petronas line-up for 2021, a team eager to write one more chapter in MotoGP history next year ”.
Rossi in the team with his friend Morbidelli
There is one factor that has certainly played a key role in the Rossi-Petronas deal. Valentino will have as a cash partner a dear friend like Franco Morbidelli, whom he considers his “disciple” in the world championship. In 2021, the student and the teacher will meet again, on the same team, willing to exchange comments and suggestions, a bit like it happens at Rancho de Tavullia. In a young and ambitious team like Petronas, this mix of experience, friendship and talent it could be the right combination for an important season.
