Motorcycling-Rossi hints at future Ducati move MILAN, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Former world MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi said on Friday he would be interesting in riding for Ducati in 2009 if his Yamaha bike does not improve next season.
Ducati's Casey Stoner raced away with the title this season with Rossi finishing third in the standings, the first time he has finished outside the top two in any category since his rookie season in 1996.
Italian Rossi will stick with Yamaha next season but has given the team a warning.
"If it gets better I can wait another year. If not there is nothing left to do," Rossi told
www.gazzetta.it.
"I have a good relationship with both (Ducati and Honda), but definitely I would prefer Ducati because they are Italian."
(Reporting by Mark Meadows, editing by Trevor Huggins)

FORMER MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi has stated he would seriously consider riding for Ducati in 2009 if his Yamaha machinery fails to improve next season.
"If it gets better I can wait another year. If not there is nothing left to do," Rossi told
www.gazzetta.itThe Italian is despondent after a relatively uninspiring 2007 season in Moto GP, where Rossi finished in third place - the first time the seven-time world champion has finished outside the top two in any category since he started competing in Grand Prix.
"I have a good relationship with both (Ducati and Honda), but definitely I would prefer Ducati because they are Italian."