The only way he is staying in MotoGP is if between now and his announcement, they announce the rumored Petronas-Yamaha team. They aren't going to let Pedrosa make an announcement that he is going to ride before they've even announced the team officially. This is retirement, and probably long overdue since he has looked progressively worse every season since Casey Stoner retired. Never as a Pedrosa fan. Blindingly fast on his day, but I look at riders like that as being one dimensional in that they need everything to come together perfectly for them to win a grand prix. Denying Zarco at Valencia last year is likely to be as fitting a final victory for him as you could pick. Unless he somehow figures out a way to win a race between Sachsenring and Valencia. His showing at the Dutch TT was ghastly, and that probably has a lot to do with it. He can't come to terms with the Michelin tires at all, and I don't think jumping on a Yamaha would solve that problem. Him riding a Yamaha is more of a nice fantasy idea but you still have to turn the tires on, and he may finally be realizing he can't actually do that.
