MotoGP: when the boss of Ducati discusses the Valentino Rossi case

Valentino Rossi is 41 years old on February 16, 2020. A year which is also a crossroads for the indestructible Doctor. The first races of the MotoGP season which will begin on March 8 in Qatar will give him the necessary information to enlighten him on a capital decision: to continue his career, undoubtedly with a one-year contract with Petronas, or to stop altogether. costs. Which also means that it can be taken on the transfer market by competition! What does Ducati think, having had the brakes made by Yamaha in the Viñales and Quartararo cases?

There is a certainty that the career of Valentino Rossi : there remains less for him to do than he has already largely accomplished. But even to 41 years old, he stays ahead. And therefore a case to take into account in MotoGP. At the end of this 2020 season, he will have to leave the official team Yamaha and leave room for fabio quartararo. The latter freeing up a place at Petronas, it seems promised to Vale, if he wants to continue in MotoGP.

However, why not consider another possibility? A return to Ducati? The boss of the brand, Claudio Domenicali, considers the question serious enough to answer it… On the sidelines of the second edition of Développement Valley Motor, he commented: “ it's too early to talk about it, we are focusing on the 2020 season. I think the assumption is a bit unrealistic to be honest. This is someone we are still close to, but I believe that at the moment, this is really a somewhat fanciful hypothesis »

The boss adds on Sportfair : " I think that, both for the way we have developed the bike and the way the riders have tried to get the best out of it, there will definitely be a way to seize the opportunities that present themselves. We sort of see ourselves as a number one outsider, because that's the role that the recent past has sort of assigned us. But if other competitors are very close, then anything can happen. »