MotoGP star set to stay on two wheels?
One theory that seemed to support Valentino Rossi`s supposed 2007 switch to Formula One has been knocked on the head.
With his Yamaha team`s split with tobacco sponsor Gauloises, it appeared to some that the MotoGP champion had started to set up a smooth transition to Ferrari`s Marlboro branding.

The sponsor conflict would have made the rumoured plan to both race for Yamaha in `06, and test for Ferrari, tricky.

However, the convoluted theory has been thrown in the bin with news that Yamaha has penned a new title sponsorship for 2006 with another tobacco brand, Camel.

Indeed, the Marlboro-Camel clash is an even more troublesome one, as Camel is owned by Japan Tobacco who promote the Mild Seven brand in F1 with Renault.

“F1 is still something very far off,” the Italian told La Gazzetta Dello Sport. “This year I`ll race again with Yamaha, and maybe in the future too.”


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