MotoGP Valentino Rossi: “next year will be crucial to decide my future”

Valentino Rossi consoles himself during the winter break from a disappointing 2019 MotoGP season. In his stronghold of Tavullia he won the race organized on his ranch, a joy increased tenfold by the fact that it materialized with his half-brother Luca Marini as teammate. He maintained his friendship with Lewis Hamilton with an interesting exchange of cars in Valencia. And he is, this weekend, in Abu Dhabi in a Ferrari shared with the VR46 family for an Endurance race. Enough to build good morale. What he will absolutely need in 2020…

Valentino Rossi is having fun since the MotoGP was definitively put aside for this year. We will find them in February in Sepang, for the first tests of the year 2020. A return to school which will already be an important meeting for the Doctor who will begin his countdown with a view to his decision to continue, or not, his career .

The pilot, now over 40 years old, explains this on Motoracing : " next year will be crucial in deciding my future. Unfortunately, I will have to decide soon enough whether to continue or not. So much will depend on the results. We made changes to the team. We'll see if we can be faster than this year. »

And if not? the Doctor recalls the issue: “ otherwise it will be better to stop. » For the nine-time world champion a new adventure would then begin: Endurance car racing, with Alessio salucci who would join him on the track. His new chief mechanic on the Yamaha that is David Muñoz will have to give the best of himself so as not to appear like the one who saw Vale retire...