Like current Canadian superbike champion Jordan Szoke, 39 year old Valentino Rossi is proving that racing isn’t just a young man’s game. The multiple MotoGP champion, and to many a living legend and greatest draw of any MotoGP event, has just extended his contract to race on a Yamaha for two more years as to include the 2020 season. The 2018 MotoGP season kicked off under the lights in Qatar this past weekend and to prove the point that age is relative and experience can’t be overrated, Rossi was on the podium having finished as the top Yamaha rider in third place.
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