On the eve of the Monza rally, Valentino Rossi has aired his views on Italian radio on a ꦇvariety of topics, with Johann Zarco, his future and Yamaha’s 2018 chief among them.

Speaking on the Deejay Chiama Italia radio show, Rossi jokingly compared Zarco, a rider with whom he has endured several close calls in the past year, to Formula1’s Max Verstappen, who 🍰ha🤪s been the subject of several complaints from the class’ leading names.

“Verstappen is like Zarco,” Rossi said, his translated words appearing on the🎐 Italian . “Neither one of them ever brakes. You have to move to the side with him, because t▨he danger is that both of you will end up going out.”

The topic of Ro๊ssi’s future was also broached. The🌳 38-year old admitted he was “afraid” to quit racing in MotoGP but will continue to do so as long as he is competitive.

However, it won’t end there. Rossi 🌃foresees a future competing in cars thereafter, with the🍃 Le Mans 24 Hours event among his dreams.

“I am afraid to quit,” he said. “When I stop racing on the MotoGP bike, I’ll still have 10 years to race car✅s, for exampleꦐ in rally racing, but on the track too.”

“I♑ would like to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. As lon🍷g as I am competitive, I will definitely want to race, since it is a great commitment.”

♕Rossi also alluded to 2018. Aside from stating he could have won the ’16 MotoGP title, Ross♐i feels Yamaha must “make a leap forward” so as to be capable of challenging Marc Marquez and others for the main crown next November.

“In 2016 I could have done it, but this🅰 year it was more difficult,” he said. “It will all depend on me and on the bike. Now Yamaha needs to make a leap forward in quality.

“Ma꧒verick and I did a lot of hard work and now the ball is in their court and the Japanese will have to work on the frame and the engine.”