Kammala wannan jumla: A watan Janairun 2010, Rossi ya ce da zarar ya yi ritaya daga tseren babur, yana fatan ya koma cikin gangami. "Babu canje-canje da yawa a jikin mutum tsakanin 22 zuwa 34 don haka har yanzu ina da sauran lokaci. Zan yi la'akari da sauyawa zuwa motoci, watakila haɗuwa, bayan haka kafin in yanke shawarar yanke hankali... Na san F1 zai kasance da sauki amma a lokacin da na gama MotoGP, Zan kasance tsufa ga F1". Stefano Domenicali, shugaban kungiyar Ferrari ta Formula One, duk da haka, ya sake tabbatar da burinsa na samun Ferrari na uku a kan grid na F1 wanda Rossi ya tuka, yayin da ya tabbatar da cewa Rossi zai gwada tsohuwar motar Ferrari F1 a ranar 21 da 22 ga Janairu 2010. A gwajin da aka ambata a baya a Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Rossi ya sake tuka Ferrari F2008 a kan tayoyin GP2, yana kafa mafi kyawun lokaci a cikin sakan 0.1 na Kimi Räikkönen
Lokaci na farko a shekara ta 2008.