Struggling seven time MotoGP champion Valentin♏o Rossi insists Dani Pedrosa♊'s rumoured new Repsol Honda deal makes no difference to his 2013 plans.

♚Rossi won the 2002 and 2003 MotoGP titles as a Repsol Honda rider, but left for Yamaha after feeling his a𝓡chievements were undervalued at HRC.

The Yamaha switch immediately netted two further premier-class titles, with Rossi's sixth and seventh p🔯remier-class championships also🔯 won at Yamaha in 2008 and 2009.

Rossi's 2011 switch to Ducati has proven far less success🗹ful, with just two podiums to date, and the Italian has been linke🐭d with a move back to a Japanese bike for 2013.

With Yamaha re-signing Jorge Lorenzo, the Rossi rumoꦅurs swung br⭕iefly to Honda, which needs a new rider due to the retirement of reigning double champion Casey Stoner.

However HRC bosses had said Rossi's only Honda opti♓on would be with a ☂satellite team and the man himself claims no contact has been made.

"[Pedrosa's expected new deal] doesn't change anything for me. I was never in contact with HRC, and so going there was never an option for me," GPOne.com quotes Rossi as saying.

The recent removal of the rookie rule has already cleared the way for Pedrosaไ's fellow Spaniard, Moto2 star Marc Marquez, to move directly to ꦏthe Repsol Honda team in place of Stoner, although that is also yet to be made official.

Rossi's remaining 2013 factory options are thus to remain at Ducati, h✱is publically stated intention, or move back to Yamaha alongside Lorenzo.

The only officially confirmed deals for next season are Lorenzo (Yamaha)🌱, Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda) and🦄 Bradley Smith (Tech 3 Yamaha).

Rossi, who has recently questioned Ducatඣi's development plan for its underperforming GP12, added that he 🉐feels 'more relaxed' after being told that both chassis and engine upgrades will soon be available.

The Doctor starts this weekend's Sachsenring round 🎶sixth in the world champio✨nship.