Valentino Rossi has revealed he wants to continue racing into 2021 with the coronavirus pandemic having disrupted the current MotoGP season.
Rossi was expected by many to retire at the end of the 2020 MotoGP season, which was set to set on March 8, however no races have yet taken place due to COVID-19.
The earliest the season is now likely to begin in August 9 in Brno with seven races having been postponed and the Qatar Grand Prix being cancelled.
And with little action expected in 2020, 41-year-old Rossi has acknowledged that a further year of competition is likely. "I am in a difficult situation because, like I said, my first option is to try to continue," Rossi said. "I have enough motivation and I want to continue.