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# MotoGP podcast: Why Yamaha should (and shouldn’t) keep Rossi
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/motogp/motogp-podcast-why-yamaha-should-and-shouldnt-keep-rossi/
- Published: 2021-05-26T07:35:08.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-16T16:38:19.000Z
- Description: As Valentino Rossi nears crunch time for a 2022 decision, our MotoGP podcast crew discusses the ramifications of Rossi staying for another year
- Author: Valentin Khorounzhiy
- Tags: MotoGP, #image-top-right

Valentino Rossi heads to the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello in the worst form of his MotoGP career, and with his future still in the air beyond 2021.

Toby Moody, Simon Patterson and Valentin Khorounzhiy discuss what should be next for the sport’s biggest star of the last two decades, and how the championship and Yamaha could possibly come to terms with him deciding to call it a day.

There’s also a discussion of other silly season matters, like the future of the Tech3 KTM riders and how Johann Zarco will have reacted [to Jack Miller’s Ducati extension.](https://www.the-race.com/motogp/ducati-announces-its-keeping-miller-for-2022-motogp-season/)

[Listen to “Is it time for Valentino Rossi to retire from MotoGP?” on Spreaker.](https://www.spreaker.com/user/therace/12-rossi-future?ref=the-race.com)

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