UCCIO: Valentino ROSSI will not give up yet

For now, nothing is definitively decided, a Valentino Rossi he is expected to extend his career for another year soon. In the background, conversations between the team are still taking place Petronas-SRT, Yamaha and Rossi. The decision could be made before the first MotoGP class race, which will be on July 19th.

Also Alessio “Uccio” Salucci, Rossi’s close confidant, who has accompanied Valentina throughout her career, believes she will VR46 in MotoGP continued in 2021. "Vale can't stop and so he won't stop racing and that makes us all happy," is for Sky Sport Italia said “Uccio”.

"Vale is one of those who has an incredibly strong desire to race and is very likely to continue next season," he said. said the Italian, who also takes care of VR46 Academy. Yamaha she also promised Rossi full support and factory material when switching to a satellite team. However, it is not clear how many people he will be able to take with him from his current crew, and this is the key issue in the negotiations.

From a sports standpoint, he’s supposed to have Rossi also in the new team good conditions to achieve. “I hope that’s really the case,” he says I kill: "When Vale replaces a team, it always leads to speculation, new expectations and some tension."

Petronas STR Yamaha it is not a factory team, but Rossi is supposed to get a factory motorcycle, according to those responsible, the team is very well organized, and VR46 will probably get a teammate Franco Morbidelli. Rossi will have talks with the team's management next week, which was also confirmed by the team's first man Petronas, Razlan Razali.