Kawasaki wants Rossi...

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

This is hardly a surprise.

Any MotoGP team serious about success will surely try to acquire the services of the Italian superstar, whose Yam🌊ah♐a 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 that he wants five-time MotoGP world champion Va꧂lenti🍸no Rossi alongside John Hopkins at Team Green next year.

This is hardly a surprise.

Any MotoGP team serio🍷us about success 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 D𝓡ucati next year? Will Honda swallow its pride and try to tempt the Italian to return after a bitter split at the end of 2003?

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

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