Kawasaki wants Rossi...

Kawasaki competition manager Michel Bartholemy has told Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport that he wants five-time MotoGP world champio🍒n Valentino Rossi alongside John Hopkins at Team Green next year.

This is hardly a surprise.

Any MotoGP t♕eam serious about success will surely try to acquire t꧃he services of the Italian superstar, whose Yamaha contract expires at the end of 2008.

A bigger question is probably which manufacturer(s) are not interested in attempting to sign Rossi.

Rossi, Hopkins, Qatar MotoGP 2008
Rossi, Hopkins, Qatar MotoGP 2008
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Kawasaki competition manager Michel Bartholemy has told Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport th⛎at he wants five-time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi alongside John Hopkins at Team Green next year.

This is hardly a surprise.

Any MotoGP team serious about su🐬ccess will surely try to acquire the services of the Italian superstar, whose Yamaha contract expires at the end of 2008.

A bigger question is probably which manufacturer(s) are not interested in attempting to sign Rossi.

Would reigning world champion Casey Stoner tolerate having 'The Doctor' at Ducati next year? Will Honda s💦wallow its pride and try to tempt the Italian to return after a bitter split at the end of 2003?

With the new Rossi-Bridgestone partnership gathering momentum, and the 2008 M1 ܫmuch more competitive than last year's model, Rossi remaining at Y♛amaha next season is seen as the most likely scenario at this stage.

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