Rossi confirmé pour 2006

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Chez Yamaha...


Infos tirée d'un communiqué de presse de Yamaha Motor Co dattant d'hier soir.


Yamaha confirms Valentino Rossi for 2006

“Je suis si heureux de pouvoir annoncer la suite de mon partenariat avec Yamaha,” commente Rossi. “L'année dernière était magique, pouvoir gagner la première course avec la Yamaha, puis le championnat. Nous nous entendons très bien avec le team, qui a travaillée très dure pour rendre la M1 compétitive, et cela me paraît logique de rester un an de plus chez Yamaha.”




Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. and Valentino Rossi are delighted to announce that Valentino will stay with Yamaha for a further year. Rossi will continue to race in Yamaha’s MotoGP line-up, riding the Yamaha YZR-M1 in the 2006 MotoGP World Championship.



Rossi won the 2004 MotoGP World Championship with Yamaha and is currently competing in his second season with the Japanese manufacturer’s factory team. The 26-year old Italian leads the 2005 MotoGP World Championship by 120 points, following his 8th victory at last weekend’s German Grand Prix.



Managing Director of Yamaha Motor Racing, Lin Jarvis, stated, “Since we announced the signing of Valentino Rossi at the end of 2003 we had an astonishing first year with him, and are now enjoying great success again in 2005. This year is the 50th anniversary for Yamaha and is therefore a very special year for us. We hope our MotoGP efforts will culminate in a second world title for Valentino with Yamaha. We are obviously very happy to have Valentino with us for another year and to keep him with MotoGP in 2006. The partnership with Valentino is the key point that will now allow us to proceed with our total MotoGP strategy for 2006.”