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GRID NEWS VALENTINO ROSSI RETIRES
AFTER 25 YEARS OF ELECTRIFYING GRAND PRIX that includes 89 victories in the premier class, 235 RACING, VALENTINO ROSSI RETIRES AT THE podium finishes, and 9 World Championships. CONCLUSION OF THE 2021 SEASON. During the press conference, at which he announced At a press release before the start of the Grand Prix his retirement, Valentino Rossi expressed, "I said I of Styria, the Nine-time MotoGP World Champion, would take a decision for next year after the summer Valentino Rossi announced that he would be hanging break, and I decided to stop at the end of the season," up his leathers at the end of the 2021 season. The started the legendary Italian. "Unfortunately this will be my last half season as a MotoGP rider. And it's Doctor retires, marking the end of an era. difficult, it's a very sad moment because it's difficult It had long been rumored that the 42-year-old to say and know that next year I will not race with a Valentino Rossi would retire at the end of this season, motorcycle, I've done that for I think more or less 30 or possibly at the end of the 2022 season. Always a years!" He continued, "Next year, my life will change. pleasure to watch, a real rider's favorite rider, Rossi But it was great, I've enjoyed it very much, it's been has embodied the very essence and soul of MotoGP, a long, long journey and it was really, really fun. It's 25, 26 years in the World Championship, so it was both on and off of the grid. great. And I had a unforgettable moments with all my Over his glorious career that spanned 25 years that guys, the guys who work for me, so... I don't have a began in 1996, Rossi has racked up 115 race wins lot to say! Just this."
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