Rossi at Yamaha Petronas-SRT in 2021: end of the suspense on Monday ?

Valentino Rossi, replaced by Fabio Quartararo in the official Yamaha team next year, will in all likelihood continue his long career with the Malaysian Yamaha Sepang Racing Team (SRT). A two-year contract would even be on the verge of being revealed … after a few communication hiccups. Explanations.

Rossi on the M1 Petronas-SRT, it would be done for the Italian press! Since Friday, the Gazetta dello Sport has even made its headlines: the MotoGP star has reportedly signed to ride in 2021 with the private structure, with an option for a second year. The n ° 46 would then be 43 years old at the dawn of the 2022 season…

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This association benefits from the full support of Yamaha: the Iwata brand even promised him a factory M1 after having ousted him. A golden parachute allowing the nine-time world champion to end his career on a competitive motorcycle in a satellite structure, after having been an official Honda, Yamaha, Ducati rider and then again Yamaha in the premier class !

But the boss of the Petronas-SRT team, Razlan Razali on the right below, immediately stepped up to deny this announcement from the other side of the Alps: "I was gone all day for a bike ride and I’m hearing the news about our new driver for 2021. That’s not true at all. We’re still working on it. It’s taking longer than usual because he’s not a normal driver. ".

This update confirms the Malaysian leader’s desire to keep control, even though Razali has already expressed annoyance that Yamaha and Rossi tend to impose their conditions on him. However, the boss of Quartararo and Morbidelli does not hear it that way: the Rossi clan has even suffered a polite refusal to his request to reshape the team with its own members.. 

"One of the first talking points with Valentino is that we didn’t want to change our whole team in order to come to an agreement, because we believe a lot in our current setup and we are convinced that we can do a good job with him too. ", recently specified the team manager of Petronas-SRT.

"Maybe we are not perfect in every way for every person: we will have to find some kind of compromise between the different needs, and this is the topic we discuss the most", reveals Johan Stigefelt, left above, which can draw on the incredible first season of Fabio Quartararo to legitimize the full value of the private structure.

Signature this Monday … but not the expected one !

All this little drama tends to suggest that the agreement between Rossi and Petronas-SRT still requires a little time to be ratified: the deadline for the first Grand Prix in Jerez (Spain) on July 19 seemed to be the ideal opportunity for the ‘formalize. Except that, new twist, Razlan Razali, still cuts in the sharp on his account Instagram by announcing an imminent signature !

"The announcement fans are waiting for will be made tomorrow," he posted yesterday Sunday … before revealing the renewal a few hours later! A bit playful, the Malaysian boss. Stay connected !

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