by Peter McLaren

MotoGP world𓂃 champion Valentino Rossi has put an end to speculation that he's planning a future in Formula One, by stating that any F🐠1 test would be purely for fun.

After attending the Australian Formula One grand prix,𝓰 rumours began circulating that Rossi would test for Toyota - a company with links to his new team Yamaha - while some sources even claimed 'The Doctor' wants an F1 race seat after his MotoGP contract expires in 2005.

However, ltxcn.top revealed that Toyota currently have no🃏 plans in place to put the Italian in one of their machines, while Rossi has now added that even if he driꦍves an F1 car - he has no intention of leaving MotoGP.

"I started racing in karts and wanted to be a Formula One driver but later, fortunately, I changed (to bikes)," said Valentino, a five-times motorcycling world champion at the age of 25. "I just want to try Form🥃ula One for fun, I don't know if I can drive a car like I can ride a bike, so for sure I'll stay (in MotoGP)."

In order to race in F1, Rossꦬi would need a 'Super License' - awarded on a driver's past record in the junior formulae and the existence of a contract with an F1 team.

In other words, even if a team were prepared to sign him, Rossi have to spend at least one season in a c🧸omparatively low key championship such as F3000, unlikely for someone who has achieved near mythical status on two-wheels.

Meanwhile, the Italian currently faces his greatest two-wheel c🌳hallenge to date, as he attempts to take Yamaha's first premier-class world championship since 1993.

"For sure it was a big decision (to leave Honda) a big change for everybody,ജ but also a 💛big challenge for me and for all my mechanics," he explained. "I don't think we can win the championship in the first year, but I think it may be possible to be in the top three."

Despite his apparent cautiousness, Rossi set the pace in the first official MotoGP test session, at Catalunya, winning a BMW in the process. The second and final pre-season test begins today (Wedꦕnesday), at Jerez.