Rossi would have stopped racing without Yamaha MotoGP return

Rossi joined an unfancied Yamaha from Honda in 2004 and went on to win four premier class titles to add to the three he secured with HRC from 2001-2003.
He left Yamaha for Ducati in 2011, but endured the worst spell of his MotoGP career, scoring just three podiums across both seasons on difficult machinery.
He returned to the works Yamaha team in 2013, where he remained until the end of the …Keep reading