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Get MotoGP news in your inbox! By signing up to the newsletter you agree to receive emails from that may occasionally include promotional content Leave this field blank Monday, March 1, will see nine-time champion Valentino Rossi officially unveiled as a Petronas Yamaha MotoGP rider, alongside countryman and VR46 protegee Franco Morbidelli.Ahead of the event, which will also feature the official presentation of the latest Petronas Moto2 and Moto3 line-up, the Sepang team has released the following teaser video:Rossi hasn’t changed team since returning to the Factory Yamaha squad from Ducati in 2013. The last time The Doctor rode for a satellite team was in 2001, the final year of the 500cc era, when he won his first premier-class title for Nastro Azzurro Honda.But Morbidelli is the man on form, having finished title runner-up to Suzuki’s Joan Mir and claimed three race wins in last year’s world championship.Nonetheless, the #21 will continue on the A-Spec Yamaha this season, while Rossi joins Monster Yamaha riders Maverick Vinales and Fabio Quartararo in using the Factory-Spec machine.In Moto2, the Sepang team will field an unchanged rider line-up of Xavi Vierge and Jake Dixon on Kalex machinery, while in Moto3 the team’s race winner John McPhee is joined by new team-mate Darryn Binder.Related ArticlesaccImages.createImage(); Fausto Gresini’s funeral to be broadcast on SaturdayaccImages.createImage(); Fausto Gresini’s funeral to be broadcast on SaturdayThe Petronas Sepang Racing launch, which starts at 10:30am CET on Monday, will be broadcast live on the Malaysian team’s official YouTube and Facebook pages.Rossi, 42, will make his track debut in Petronas Yamaha colours during the start of the Official Qatar test on March 6, with his first race appearance for the team scheduled for the same Losail circuit on March 28. Provisional 2021 MotoGP CalendarRoundDateRaceCircuit128 MarchQatar (Evening race)Losail24 AprilDoha (Evening race)Losail318 AprilPortugalPortimao42 MaySpainJerez516 MayFranceLe Mans630 MayItalyMugello76 JuneCatalunyaBarcelona820 JuneGermanySachsenring927 JuneNetherlandsAssen1011 JulyFinland (Subject to homologation)KymiRing1115 AugustAustriaRed Bull Ring1229 AugustGreat BritainSilverstone1312 SeptemberAragonAragon1419 SeptemberSan Marino e Della Riviera di RiminiMisano153 OctoberJapanMotegi1610 OctoberThailandBuriram1724 OctoberAustraliaPhillip Island1831 OctoberMalaysiaSepang1914 NovemberComunitat ValencianaRicardo TormoPostponed Grands Prix: 11 AprilArgentinaTermas 18 AprilAmericasCOTAReserve Grand Prix Venues: Indonesia (Subject to homologation)Mandalika RussiaIgora Drive2021 Pre-season Testing: 5 MarchQatar Shakedown TestLosail 6-7 MarchQatar Official TestLosail 10-12 MarchQatar Official TestLosailRelated ArticlesaccImages.createImage(); FIRST LOOK: Johann Zarco, Jorge Martin present 2021 Pramac DucatisaccImages.createImage(); Yamaha ‘curious to see what Crutchlow can bring’ to test role
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