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There is already talk as to if and when Valentino will renew his contract with Yamaha next year, a contract set to expire at the end of 2018. The Doctor has been in the championship since 1997, he's still competitive and, most importantly, he's still enjoying myself.
Inevitably, retirement day will come for Rossi too, and he spoke about this during an interesting interview with Suzi Perry for BT Sport.
“I'm really scared about retiring, because I love my life and right now it revolves around MotoGP, riding a MotoGP - he explained - If I no longer have that, I'll have to find something else to do and I think life will be boring”.
Valentino has already built an alternative, by creating the VR46 Riders Academy. The Moto2 title won by Morbidelli is the first big triumph for his school.
“I didn't expect to have so much fun- admitted Rossi - Working with young riders is like starting over. We started by helping Simoncelli, for fun, and then after his accident this idea took shape. It's a project for my future too, it won't be like racing but will be similar. I'm already following the Moto2 and Moto3 races every Sunday and feel tired before I even race- he joked- but it gives me a lot of positive energy”.
For now, there are two teams in the junior classes, but many are betting on another squad, in the reigning class.
“Maybe we'll decide to do it once I retire. In Moto2 and Moto3 you help the riders to grow, MotoGP would be a different kind of project. But, in the future, why not?”, he said, keeping the door open.
Right now though, Valentino continues to think as a rider.
“The goal is title number 10, it won't be easy but it's not impossible - he commented - This is the first goal, the second is to win races and the third is to run some great races. In 20 years of racing, I've come to understand that the feeling you have for 12 hours after a win is the only real motivation, numbers and records are not important”.
