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Rossi: I didn’t want to stop at the top, retirement thoughts in 2019

Valentino Rossi first began to think of retirement during the 2019 MotoGP season, when for the first time as a Yamaha rider his podium results dried up. But he was persuaded to continue and, after returning to the rostrum for what would be the 199th and final time in his grand prix career at the start of the covid-disrupted 2020 season, ultimately decided to race on again in 2021 - after losing his factory Yamaha seat - by switching to Petronas Yamaha. "I started to think of retirement in 2019," said Rossi, speaking in a series of You Tube interviews with Graham Bensinger. "Because 2019 was the first time that I had a problem with the results. I expected to be stronger....
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