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He's said to have signed a new 2 year deal today with Yamaha

Kwacky wrote:He's said to have signed a new 2 year deal today with Yamaha

He needs to give someone else a go now

Shame as I would have loved to have seen him try t make the jump to WSBK, I think thast the boost that series needs but If he was gunna do it he should have done it a few seasons back, tbh I'm looking forward to him retiring now and all the yellow lot buggering off and putting an end to all the stupid Rossi comments on every bike post ever haha

His fans are a bit special on social media.

There was an interview he did in Italy a few weeks back where he reckoned he would race cars once finished with bikes. Wants to do Le Mans 24 hour with Alonso.

he has said that he didn't want to retire too early like Schumacker and Biaggi etc and then make a comeback , the fitness levels of these guys allows them to remain competitive just look at Bayliss this year doing a full season of ASBK at the age of 48 ( 49 end of march ) , Joey Dunlop won a TT at the age of 49 , George Foreman won a world heavyweight title at the age of 50 , it wouldn't surprise me at all if he continued until he dropped out of the top six which could mean another ten years possibly , I can see why Yamaha are loathe to get rid of him he must make millions for them .

duke63 wrote:There was an interview he did in Italy a few weeks back where he reckoned he would race cars once finished with bikes. Wants to do Le Mans 24 hour with Alonso.

I dont blame him. I,ll do the same once I finish with biking and once it would get hard to control bikes I,d get myself a fast car to play on twisty roads.