Sorta suprises me ...
Valentino Rossi has signed a new two year agreement with Yamaha.
The seven-time world champion will continue to race with the Yamaha
Factory Racing Team for the 2009 and 2010 MotoGP World Champion****ps.
The 29-year-old Italian joined Yamaha in 2004 and since then he has
won two world champion****ps, 32 races and taken 20 pole positions for
the Japanese factory. He is currently leading the 2008 rider
champion****p, having taken three wins and a further five podiums in
the first ten races this year. Rossi will continue to race alongside
Spanish youngster Jorge Lorenzo in 2009.
Rossi and Masao Furusawa, Executive Officer, Engineering Operations of
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd, signed the contract today at the Laguna Seca
circuit and made the public announcement at Yamaha US’s traditional
Laguna Seca party at the Monterey Bay Aquarium this evening.
Yamaha Motor Racing Managing Director Lin Jarvis commented, “We are
obviously delighted to have secured Valentino for a further two years.
I think this news will be very welcome for MotoGP fans and for Yamaha
fans around the world. Valentino is an icon in this s****t and he is on
top form right now as he challenges to win his eighth world
champion****p and his third title together with Yamaha. This signing
confirms Yamaha’s four-rider line-up for 2009 so now we can
concentrate our full efforts on bike development and team organization
to make sure that we are in the best possible shape for next year.
“In the meantime we have many races to go this season and I hope that
Valentino can win in Laguna Seca for the first time this Sunday to
extend his champion****p lead before the well-deserved summer break –
Forza Vale!”
Valentino Rossi added, "After so many years spent in racing,
fortunately with so many victories, I needed a special motivation to
take the decision to sign for two more years. The best place to find
this motivation is Yamaha, since I have a great relation****p with
Yamaha's directors, which comes from a mutual trust and loyalty. In
our team there is a special atmosphere and with this new deal I can
continue to work with my crew, where I am part of the project and part
of the development of my M1. I had other op****tunities but due to
Yamaha's efforts to give me the best bike in the best environment, I
have decided to stay with Yamaha for two more years. This contract
means that Yamaha is the manufacturer I will have spent most of my
career with. This means more than a thousand words"
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