He stays. Valentino Rossi and his current team, Movistar Yamaha, extend their contract for two more seasons. So, one of main focus of the year is finished, just before the start of the MotoGP season this weekend. The Italian rider will run until he will be 41 years old with Yamaha, which has seen him win four world titles in MotoGP.
The team itself announced it in a very peculiar way. Through its social media, Yamaha launched the following question: “Rossi has achieved incredible records in the past, but what the future holds is equally exciting. Can you find out what it is?”, Accompanied by a mosaic with data about the career of the Italian. Each block become a piece of the final image: Valentino Rossi posing with a number 2, the seasons he renews with Yamaha.
Rossi has achieved incredible records in the past, but what the future holds is equally exciting. Can you find out what it is?
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Tip: Click on each statistical fact to reveal a visual clue.#MovistarYamaha | #MotoGP | #QatarGP | @ValeYellow46 pic.twitter.com/Lho6lO690U— Yamaha MotoGP (@YamahaMotoGP) 15 de març de 2018
Thus, Yamaha focuses on this start of the season with its two current drivers renewed for two years. After a bad first part of the tests, the Yamaha warned in Qatar tests and Rossi says “being prepared” for this start of the championship. Undoubtedly, the renovation will remove a problem for him and he will be able to be focus on his performances on the track.