Rossi Retirement Decided After MotoGP 2018
Valentino Rossi will be decided his retirement after MotoGP in 2018 season. The MotoGP racing legend, Valentino Rossi has been getting a lot of questions about the continuation of his career in the most prestigious motor racing event in the world. Rossi gets a lot of questions about his career in MotoGP because of his age now 38 years old. With that age, many drivers have decided to retire from the world of racing. Meanwhile, Rossi is still looking for his dream to collect the 10th champion world title in all classes.
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Rosi achievement was also quite good in this 2017 season. Until the 17th series, Rossi was in the fourth position with 197 points. Those points are 12 points away from Dani Pedrosa from Repsol Honda who is in fifth place. With those points, Rossi is still not satisfied if he has to retire from MotoGP before his contract with Yamaha ends at the end of 2018. Therefore, Rossi will think about his retirement after several races in the 2018 season next year.
Quoting from Speedweek on Wednesday 1th November 2017, Rossi said: "If I want to really continue my career in the 2019 season, I will decide after a few races in the 2018 season". Rossi first debut in the world of racing is in 1996 by starting his career in the 125cc class and collecting one title as world champion 125cc. Just with two seasons, Rossi went straight to 250cc class with one world champion title too. He also followed for two seasons in the 250cc class, immediately Rossi step in the 500cc class or MotoGP with a collection of seven titles as world champion till to date. Totally, Rossi got 9 titles as a champion world and he still aims to complete his tenth title before retiring from MotoGP.
