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Gabriele del Torchio: Once again welcome here. You have seen recently our press statement, we are very happy and glad to announce that next year, for the coming two seasons, 2011 and 2012, Valentino Rossi will join our team and will ride the Ducati bike in the MotoGP championship. We are very proud of that, we believe this is a very important accomplishment. I am personally glad of the choice that Valentino has made, and I believe that his decision is due to the fact of the excellent relations between Rossi and [Ducati Corse general manager] Filippo Preziosi. They worked well together and they established a very good relationship, very solid relationship. Those are the solid pillars on which we will build our new racing season for next year.

I would like to take the opportunity to thank Alessandro Cicognani [director of Ducati's MotoGP project], because Alessandro played a very important role in the negotiations.

Q: Can you say whether Valentino be released from his contract with Yamaha in time to start testing with you in Valencia in November?

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