by Peter McLaren

MotoGP world chaಞmpion Valentino Rossi has put an end to speculation that he's planning a future in Formula One, by stating that any F1 test would be purely f💟or fun.

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

However, mahbx.com 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 driveꦗs 𝓀an F1 car - he has no intention of leaving MotoGP.

"I started racing in karts and wanted to be a Formula One driver bu𝓰t later, fortunately, I changed (to bikes)," said Valentino, a five-times motorcycling world chꦅampion at the age of 25. "I just want to try Formula 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, Ros🔴si 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 prepaꩵred to sign him, Rossi have to spend at least one season in a comparatively low key championship such as F3000, unlikely for someone wh💙o has achieved near mythical status on two-wheels.

Meanwhile, the I🔯talian currently faces his greatest two-wheel challenge 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, but also a big challenge for me and for all my mechaniౠcs," 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 testဣ begins today (Wednesday), at Jerez.