NEWS // YAMAHA BOSS WORRIED ROSSI MIGHT MOVE TO F1

Davide Brivio, Valentino Rossi's team manager at Yamaha, has expressed concern that the nine-time MotoGP champion might not switch to Ducati for the 2011 season as they had feared, but instead be lured to race in Formula One with Ferrari.

Following a two-day test at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona last week, Rossi, who managed the fastest lap time of the entire session, expressed interest in racing for the Scuderia and considering his lap times were only two tenths of a second shy of the lap record set by Kimi Raikkonen, we have to assume the interest is mutual... [read more]

The Scuderia's team principal, Stefano Domenicali, has made it quite clear that he would like to see Rossi in a third car, assuming the FIA should consent to such a rule change.

And while we would love to see Rossi fill a third seat at Ferrari, it appears the Urbino native would more than likely choose rally racing over open wheel, as he has participated in a number of events, most notably the 2008 Wales Rally GB, where he finished twelfth in a M-Sport Ford Focus WRC.

“As of tomorrow my job is to ride a motorbike,” Rossi told La Gazzetta dello Sport following his F1 test in Barcelona. “I'll decide my future in a few months. I've also had an offer from Ducati. It will all be clear in a few months.”

Photo: Anas Zakaria
Editorial: Justin W. Coffey
Info: Crash.net