Topic: Rossi officially retired

[rrocket]

Well today was Valentino Rossi's last race of his extraordinary career and what is surely one of the most difficult and dangerous forms of motorsport.

What an amazing career...am going to miss him.

Am hopeful he continues and races cars (he's already had success on 4 wheels) because he's such a fun character. Might even see him in the 24 Hours of LeMans.

[tortoise]

What an unreal career, can't imagine many other Moto GP riders have been that successful for that long.

Where does he stand in the GOAT conversation?

[rrocket]

What an unreal career, can't imagine many other Moto GP riders have been that successful for that long.

Where does he stand in the GOAT conversation?

Oh he's the GOAT far and away.

After winning 3 titles in a row with Honda, there was speculation that it was the bike rather than Rossi. That influenced his decision to leave. And he left for Yamaha, which wasn't a super competitive bike at that time...at last compared to the Honda. He defended his title and won the championship in a different make...a very rare accomplishment. He then went on to defend and win 3 more titles with Yamaha.

I can only imagine how many titles he would have won had he just stayed with Honda.