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At the end of the 2012 MotoGP season seven-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi will leave Ducati for a two year deal to partner Jorge Lorenzo at Yamaha.

At 33, Rossi has been world champion nine times, seven in the premier class, with four of his championship victories at Yamaha after he joined the outfit in 2004. Leaving Yamaha at the end of 2010, Rossi signed a two year contract with Ducati.

However, the dream of pairing up Italy’s best-known rider with Italy’s top team turned into a nightmare and he finished seventh on an uncompetitive bike in 2011.

The 2012 season has just been bad as he currently sits in eight.

There were a number of reason why Rossi left Yamaha but the most public reason was he felt having two very strong riders in one team did not work. His then Yamaha team mate was 2010 champion and current championship leader Lorenzo but the Italian will now return to the same arrangement.

Spaniard Lorenzo has ridden for Yamaha since 2008 and leads the current championship by 23 points after 10 races of the 18-race season. Rossi has secured just one podium finish all season.

“In June, we were able to sign Jorge Lorenzo for the 2013-14 campaign and now we are able to confirm Valentino Rossi for the next two years,” Yamaha Motor Racing managing director Lin Jarvis said in a statement.

“We have run this ‘super team’ together in 2008, 2009 and 2010 and during that time we achieved the triple crown titles with Rider, Manufacturer and Team World Championship victories for three consecutive years.”

“I have no doubt that with the experience, knowledge, skills and speed of these two great champion riders we will be able to challenge for many race wins and for the 2013 and 2014 World Championship titles.”

Ducati said they were in the process of finalising their 2013 championship line-up having recently renewed their agreement with American Nicky Hayden and it seems we will need to wait and for the next rider change in this premature silly season.

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