MotoGP manager Pernat: 'Valentino Rossi already has a contract for 2019'

The well-known Italian MotoGP manager Carlo Pernat is convinced that Valentino Rossi will still be active as a racing driver in the MotoGP class in 2019: "I'm sure that Valentino Rossi has already signed a contract with Yamaha for 2019."

According to Carlo Pernat, manager of, among others, Andrea Iannone and in the past agent of drivers such as Max Biaggi, Loris Capirossi, and Marco Simoncelli, Valentino Rossi will remain active for some years as a racing driver in the MotoGP class. According to the flamboyant Italian, the nine-time world champion, whose contract with Yamaha expires at the end of the 2018 season, even has a signed agreement with his current employer.

"I am convinced that Rossi already has a signed contract for 2019. Yamaha does indeed well to be smart to go with him because despite his age he still belongs to the absolute top, "said Pernat earlier this week in a conversation with the Italian gpone.com. "Rossi fears the stops, he will not stop in my eyes until he really is no longer competitive, but remember that Rossi is still physically in order. I think he will close his active motorsport career with Yamaha and then with his own VR46 team, besides the Moto3 and Moto2 class, also become active in the MotoGP category. "

Rossi is currently the oldest driver in the MotoGP class with his 38 years of distance. The nine-time world champion, who made his debut in the 2000 season in the 2000 season, will start his nineteenth season in the league in 2018. If the words of Pernat are based on truth then 'the Doctor' will start in 2019 at its twentieth season at the highest level.