Italian great Valentino Rossi to retire from MotoGP
The Hindu
The only rider to have started 400 or more races, Rossi has 89 wins from the top category and 26 others from the junior 125cc and 250cc categories.
Valentino Rossi, one of motorcycling's greatest and most charismatic champions, announced on Thursday his retirement from MotoGP at the end of the 2021 season after a quarter of a century in grand prix racing. The 42-year-old Italian, who races with the number 46, is a nine times world champion with seven of his titles won in the top category. "I decided to stop at the end of the season," he told a specially arranged news conference ahead of this weekend's Styrian Grand Prix at Austria's Red Bull Ring.More Related News