Rumors to that effect have been buzzing around the inteweb for some time and were recently fueled by Valentino Rossi's departure from the Fiat-Yamaha stable in favor of the Ducati Corse team.

Davide Brivio, who once ran the Fiat-Yamaha team and has been close with Valentino Rossi, will be the team manager. Speaking of Rossi, The Doctor is back with Fiat-Yamaha after a bad run with ...

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and helped develop the Yamaha YZR-M1, making an appearance at the Japanese round in 2002 and again in 2010 to replace the injured Valentino Rossi on the Fiat Yamaha team at Catalunya.