masao furusawa

"Furusawa admitted his trip to Italy was the invitation from Ducati and he was asked to help them"

In a follow-up to the previous feature on Masao Furusawa (see separate story), Hyacintha Bonafacia spoke to the Yamaha MotoGP boss about Valentino Rossi's decision to join Ducati, Furusawa's own retirement and more...

Valentino Rossi has cited the impending retirement of Masao Furusawa as one of the reasons behind his decision to leave Yamaha and switch to Ducati at the end of this season.

After eleven of the 18 rounds in the 2008 MotoGP World Championship, Fiat Yamaha's star rider Valentino Rossi has won four races and holds a 25 point lead over Ducati's Casey Stoner.