After a lot of rumors and speculations about Valentino Rossi future, Yamaha and Ducati today officially announced return of MotoGP legend to Yamaha factory team. It was expected move for Rossi, who will try to return to winning ways after two years of continuous failure to make top results on Italian machine.

Yamaha Managing Director Lin Jarvis expressed pleasure that Yamaha now has 'super team' for 2013 and 2014, expecting to fight for title and race victories in following two years.  On their side, Ducati wished all the best to Rossi in following years, while stating that new owner Audi shares Ducati racing passion and that company continues to build their bike and rider line-up to fight at the top in 2013.