MotoGP News
Date: 16/June/2012
Valentino Rossi is likely to wait until after the summer break before deciding on his 2013 MotoGP team.
The seven time MotoGP champion has taken just two podiums since switching to Ducati at the start of last year but, unlike Casey Stoner, has no intention of retiring.
With Stoner leaving and Jorge Lorenzo recently re-signing for Yamaha, attention is turning to whether 33-year-old Rossi will remain with Ducati or seek a return to Honda or Yamaha.
Re-joining Lorenzo in the Factory Yamaha squad would seem unlikely, while Honda - despite losing out on Lorenzo - has claimed Rossi’s only RCV option would be with a satellite team.
Rossi has said he would like to remain at Ducati, but will surely want to see tangible progress in the middle part of the season, explaining his decision to wait.
"The decision of Jorge doesn't change a lot,” said Rossi. “For me it is quite early, and we have to work towards making the Ducati faster, improving the bike and doing some good results before I think about the future.
“We have to wait for Laguna Seca [end of July] minimum or around Brno [end of August]. I think Ducati is very happy to continue, and we have started to speak a little."
A Ducati engine upgrade is expected for Laguna Seca. It may prove make-or-break in terms of Rossi’s future at the Italian team.
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