VALENTINO ROSSI ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
After a career spanning more than a quarter of a century, including two decades in the premier class, Valentino Rossi will retire from grand prix racing at the end of the 2021 season. The 42-year-old made the announcement on 5 August, on the eve of the Styrian Grand Prix in Austria.
A fixture in the premier class since 2000, where he’s ridden for Honda, Ducati and Yamaha factory teams, Rossi spent a total of 15 years with Yamaha Factory Racing before joining the satellite Petronas Yamaha SRT outfit this year. While it was a demotion, Rossi was still on a full factory-spec YZR-M1.
