Marlboro Ducati's Valentino Rossi has said he will probably not now attend the Motegi MotoGP round in October of this year as there are a lot of people in the paddock who are scared not about the radiation but if something untoward happens at the Fukushima plant while they are in Japan.

Rossi is taking the opposite view to both Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner who are both beginning to back-pedal on their categorical 'we aren't going' statements. Stoner has revealed he is with child while Lorenzo said he has been giving it a lot of thought and may be changing his mind.

"I really don't think I'll go to Japan. I was hoping that the championship organizers would make the right decision, but that hasn't been the case, and now we've got a serious problem," said The Doctor.

"A lot of people are scared but under a lot of pressure because of the future. At the safety commission we were just nine or ten riders so we don't know everybody's idea but some people don't have a contract for next year. My team is very scared and a lot of people in the paddock that are not riders are scared to go. The riders have a lot of weight on our shoulders and also the eight of other people who don't want to go.

"The main reason is the centre is not under control and in the last 15 days they have two or three earthquake in Japan. The last one was two or three days ago and was power six on the scale, this is the main scare because if something big happen, the centre is dangerous. If something big happen when we are there, this is the big scare of the riders."