        &ldquo;Valentino Rossi should retire, we want to remember him as a great champion&rdquo;: this is what businessman and former F1 team manager Flavio Briatore had to say about the nine-time world champion during an interview with RadioRadio. Briatore didn&rsquo;t go into why he thinks Valentino is no longer as competitive as he was, but it is true that next year - in moving from the factory Yamaha to that of the Petronas team - Rossi will have a less high-performance machine. Chicho Lorenzo: &ldquo;Rossi? He must have real reasons to continue racing&rdquo; Briatore: "Age counts"  &ldquo;I would advise Rossi to stop. You can&rsquo;t stay there when you don&rsquo;t even have a competitive bike&rdquo;, comments Briatore. &ldquo;At a certain point, age counts&rdquo;. The Italian businessman also referred to the longevity of Swedish footballer Ibrahimovic, who&rsquo;s still playing at 39. &ldquo;The Ibrahimovic case is unique because his life is totally dedicated to sport. He never messes up. But it&rsquo;s one thing to be kicked in the ankle, it&rsquo;s quite another to race at 300 km/h and get the turn wrong, causing an accident&rdquo;, added Flavio Briatore. It&rsquo;s true that Valentino Rossi hasn&rsquo;t won a title for ten years (the last was in 2009), it&rsquo;s true he hasn&rsquo;t won a race since the 2017 Dutch GP, and it&rsquo;s true that his success rate has dropped between 2010 and now, completing so many races but winning &lsquo;only&rsquo; twelve. But he&rsquo;s never got a turn wrong at 300 km/h, causing an accident. Who knows if or how the Doctor will respond to Briatore&rsquo;s provocative &ldquo;advice&rdquo;. Translated by Heather Watson MotoGP, Rossi: &ldquo;Welkom 2004, my masterpiece&rdquo;       

<p>&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t carry on when you don't even have a competitive bike, age counts at a certain point&rdquo;, the former F1 team manager tells RadioRadio</p>

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MotoGP, Briatore: “I advise Rossi to stop. We want to remember him as champion”