Valentino Rossi is taking advantage of the summer break to decide, with a clear head, about his future as a regular Grand Prix driver. The nine-time winner has always said that the results will determine everything and in view of these results after nine races, the outcome seems inevitable: retirement is at the end of the road. Yes, but here it is… In the meantime, its brand VR46 has made an agreement with the Saudis who do not seem to get along with each other. And to grant them, as if to save the situation, the Doctor could be forced to continue, thus responding favorably to the whim of a prince who has already stated that he wanted to see him on the motorcycle that he was going to finance...
Valentino Rossi Would he have trapped himself? Regarding the continuation of his career, the comments initially gave the idea that he did not want to resolve to retire, despite poor results. But now that he would be convinced to hand over, he would be forced to continue to save his troops VR46. It is the incredible situation which is beginning to appear with two positions which raise alarm.
There is that of a Saudi prince from Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Saud, a priori big financier of the VR46 project in MotoGP: “ it would be fantastic for me if Valentino Rossi could compete in the coming years as a driver of our Aramco Racing Team VR46 alongside his brother Luca Marini, who is already competing this year under the sponsorship of our brands ". A position that surprised Red who responded to Assen : “ I always said that my decision would depend on the results, it will be difficult for me to race next year ».
Valentino Rossi and Aramco: “I have the feeling that the agreement has not materialized”
But since then, Aramco CEO Amin Hassan Nasser has made several statements in which he made it clear that the company he heads has not signed with VR46 and has no intention of doing so. A trend which is confirmed by the fact that all press releases concerning this new alliance are signed by Tanal Entertainment, a conglomerate of companies belonging to the Saudi prince. And not Aramco. “ Aramco, one of the world's largest energy and chemicals companies, confirms that it has not entered into any strategic agreement with the MotoGP VR46 team or any other MotoGP subsidiary ", declared the petrochemical company in a statement sent to Motorsport.
« I wish I was wrong, but I have a feeling the deal didn't happen“, declared to the same site a source said to be close to the matter… for his part, Valentino Rossi answers : " we are in good faith, I often speak to the prince and everything is fine ". SO ? SO Uccio Salucci comments: “ It's going to be a strange vacation. The body is not on the track, but the head is. The real holidays come in December. I hope the sea air will guide him towards the right decision. Then we'll see what happens ».
He adds on speedweek : " we have to accept Vale's decision, whatever it is. I hope the prince's wish comes true, but Valentino must decide. In any case, we always stay by his side ". In view of the situation, Valentino Rossi might consider joining his brother at VR46, with the intention of attracting the attention of sponsors who would make the project viable…
