will rossi move again?

yes he will stick with bike's,for sure he will want to still keep breaking record's, but as for 4 wheels,that will be a tall order,i was marshalling the the stage where rossi hit the tree in his 206 in wales,[my other passion]first day and first stage ?

Heres a copy of an interview he did this week:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <div class='quotemain'>World champion Valentino Rossi says he could stay in MotoGP for years to come despite moves to slow the sport down. Motorcycling's governing body announced last month a reduction of the maximum capacity in the top category from 990cc to 800cc from 2007. Two-stroke engines will also be banned.


Italian Rossi, who is well on his way to a fifth world championship in a row after six wins in the last eight grands prix, welcomes the move as another challenge.

"I am quite sure that I will stay with motorbikes when the 800s arrive because I want to stay for not just one year more," he told reporters on Wednesday at a lunch before Sunday's British Grand Prix at Donington Park.

"Maybe it is also better because it's another experience, it's like starting from zero again so it's not so bad.

"I also think it's a clever modification of the rules because if not, maybe the bikes will start to go too fast," the 26-year-old added.

Top speeds in MotoGP reach around 340kph, the bikes accelerating as fast as Formula One cars but with no bodyshell to protect the racers.

Rossi, who won the last 500cc title in 2001 before the category was expanded to include bigger four-stroke bikes and renamed MotoGP, does not know whether he will still be with Yamaha in 2007.

"I don't know now for sure, but I think there is a big possibility because I feel very good in the Yamaha team," he added.

"This is my best year in MotoGP...for me it is like a dream with Yamaha, it's very good so I want to stay a lot of time."

FOUR WHEELS

Rossi has been on the podium in every race this season and has a 79-point lead over nearest rival and compatriot Marco Melandri with nine grands prix remaining.

The champion won the title from 2001 to 2003 with Honda before an acrimonious split and a move to rivals Yamaha, with whom he won the title last year. He does not rule out a return to Honda, however.

"Why not?," he said. "For sure for next year is quite okay with Yamaha. But maybe for the future I don't know what happens. Maybe I try to change to another bike or come back to Honda or another manufacturer."

Rossi, the highest earning sportsman in Italy according to Forbes magazine, has also been linked to Formula One and Ferrari.

Briton John Surtees made the switch, becoming in 1964 the only man to win world titles on two wheels and four, but Rossi distanced himself from that.

"I have a great passion for four wheels, especially rallying, and I started with go-karts when I was a child," he said. "But I think it's very difficult.

"It's completely another world, a lot of work, a lot of pressure. Maybe a long holiday is better."

American Nicky Hayden won the last U.S. Grand Prix for Honda, with Rossi's Texan team mate Colin Edwards in second place ahead of the champion.

Donington is one of Rossi's favourite tracks, a circuit where he took his first 500cc win in 2000 and has been victorious six times, but he thinks the Americans will be tough opponents.

"Nicky and also Colin are very tough now," he said.

"Now they are at the top and they are always fast at Donington so I think I need to fight another time with the two Americans and this time make the opposite position."

Taken from:

http://www.eurosport.co.uk/home/pages/v4/l...sto744249.shtml

I still think it would be very exciting to see Rossi go to Formula 1 but it doesn't sound too likely. However I liked his comment about perhaps not staying with Yamaha for 2007. I would be extremely surprised if he went back to Honda which leaves the option for Ducati... on Michelins of course. If he switches to Ducati for 2007 on Michelin tires and the bike is as competitive as it is now, it will be an even greater challenege for Rossi than taking on the M1 project for 2004. That would be just as exciting, if not more so than a move to F1.

That would be really exciting, considering Ducatis success in racing, and their passion, i can see Ducati doing everything in their power if they had him, to change and develop the Desmo to suit Rossi.

Also if Ducati are now on Bridgestones, can you see them going back to Michelins? why did they switch in the first place?

It would all depend on how long the contract is and that I don't know. I dn't know exactly why they had switched but I had heard a few rumblings as to why. First and probably most believable, they were low on the Michelin pecking order. All Honda bikes and the factory Yamaha bikes were higher in priority to Michelin than Ducati, that means that there were 8 bikes in line to test and receive development information from Michelin. Whereas now they are the first in line to receive and test for Bridgestone, they are always shod with the best Bridgestone has to offer. The second rumor, and probably the least believable but most fun, is because of Marlboro's sponsorship. They sponsor a red, Italian brand in Formula 1 in Ferrari. Ferrari runs Bridgestone. Marlboro wanted their machines to be the same, and since F1 holds more money and weight than MotoGP they funded a program full of red, Italian, Bridgestone shod machines.

I think we can assume that no matter who pays rossi to switch to them, they have to have alot of $$ to spend. Can Ducati offer him more than 12 million for a contract, plus keep him happy with bonus cash and what not? Can they afford to Hire Burgess and let him have his way with their bikes? Essentially, something needs to be done to those bikes, imo. they need a revamp or something. Rossi will ride it and let them know, and burgess will know what to do to fix it, but will Ducati play ball with that?

Rossi would most certainly accept a pay cut to ride for Ducati if he felt it had a package capable of winning with him in the saddle and had Burgess in his corner.

I completely agree. I think the money would be secondary to Rossi to go to Ducati.
He has mentioned a desire to go to Ducati on more than one occation in the past.

He would love to be an Italian winning on an Italian motorcycle.