The worst kept secret of the 2010 MotoGP season is finally official – Valentino Rossi has made a switch from Yamaha to Ducati for the 2011 season! Yes, every Italian’s wet dream has finally come true. As was reported earlier, Rossi made his final announcement today, a few hours after the grand prix of Brno. The Italian rider and the Italian team have signed a two year contract, meaning your favorite motorcycle racer will continue to entertain and thrill you for two more season at least.
“We are delighted to announce that Valentino Rossi will be with us from 2011,” commented Gabriele Del Torchio, president of Ducati Motor Holding. “He is a paragon of excellence in the world of motorcycling, coherent with our Italian company which is a standard bearer for ‘made in Italy’ excellence. These are key values for success in technology, design and sportsmanship. In addition to the strong and passionate intent of both parties, this agreement has been made possible by the committed support of our shareholder Investindustrial and all the sponsors associated with the Ducati Team, sponsors which have believed in this opportunity and share and support our choices.”
Filippo Preziosi, Ducati Corse General Director, said, “Firstly, Valentino is a great fan of motorcycles and so it has always been a pleasure for me to listen to his opinions. Until the Valencia GP he will remain a competitor, one so great that he has always given a special value to our victories, but as soon as he rides the Ducati for the first time we will work together on every single detail that will develop a bike capable of showing his huge talent. Working with Valentino is one of the most exciting things for every engineer, and it’s good to know we will have this great opportunity next season.”
It is more than a festive environment for Ducati and alomost every Italian motorcycle/racing fan, however, Rossi, Yamaha or Ducati haven’t said a word about the future of Rossi’s crew. If Rossi’s Honda to Yamaha switch in 2003 is anything to go by, then Jerry Burgees and the entire crew would follow Rossi to Ducati, since the latter has confirmed that Casey Stoner’s crew won’t be of any service once the Australian packs his bags for Repsol Honda next season. The same team that developed the YZR-M1 in the last seven years with Rossi at the helm might well be the team that will make the GP11 the best machine on the grid when Rossi begins testing for Ducati as early as the final round at Valencia this year.
"Surat cinta" Valentino Rossi (di Italian) untuk Yamaha YZR-M1 setelah mengumumkan kepindahannya ke Ducati untuk musim kompetisi tahun 2011.
ini artinya gan,
" Sulit menjelaskan dengan kata-kata untuk menggambarkan hubunganku dengan Yamaha yang sudah terjalin selama 7 tahun. Banyak hal yang telah berubah sejak tahun 2004, khususnya si "dia", M1-ku. Ditahun 2003 (dan sebelum), "dia" selalu menempati "grid tengah". Sekarang, setelah membantunya tumbuh dan berkembang, kalian bisa melihatnya tersenyum di garasi, disenangi dan disegani, menempati tempat teratas. Daftar orang yang membuat perubahan ini sangat panjang, tapi terutama aku akan berterima kasih pada Masao Furusawa, Masahiko Nakagima dan Hiroya Atsumi-ku, sang kepala engineer yang bekerja keras mengubah "performa" M1 kami.
Lalu Jeremy Burgess dan kawan-kawanku di garasi, yang mengasuh dan merawat "dia" dengan kasih sayang disirkuit seluruh dunia dan juga semua orang yang bekerja di Team Yamaha selama ini. Sekarang cerita ini akan berubah ketantangan baru, pekerjaanku di Yamaha telah selesai.
Sayangnya, walau cerita paling indah berakhir, pasti meninggalkan banyak kenangan indah, salah satunya ketika M1 ku dan aku berciuman untuk pertama kali di rumput sirkuit Welkom, ketika "dia" menatapku dan berkata "aku mencintaimu" ".
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