Yamaha, Ducati or elsewhere? VR46 team boss makes pick and pleas for quick deal
Uccio Sa♍lucci has named his preference between Ducati, Yamaha or another landing spot for VR46's future
Uccio Salucci wants VR46 to commit to Ducati long-term and hopes to sign before the MotoGP season starts.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Valentino Rossi’s MotoGP team a🐠re contracted with Ducati for this year but could go elsewhere afterwards, and have been in talks with other manufacturers.
Rossi’s personal links with Yamaha (and the Japanese brand’s desire to run more than two bikes next y🍒ear) have made them a logical landing spot.
But Rossi’s right-hand man and the VR46 team boss Salucci wants to aജctivate a clause in their 🅘current contract to stay put.
“We have, already, the option with D🐟ucati for 2025 and 2026,” Salucci said.
“Now, this moment, is very important. These 10 or 15 days, to try to understand what will happen in ‘🐎25 an🐓d ‘26.
“My direction is to continue with Ducati.
“My dream 🔯is to sign the contract before Qatar because I want to stay quiet, I want to prepare this year very good.
“For that, we need to🐲 sign now with Duca🗹ti, because it is better.
“But, anyway, we’ll see what will happen…”
The Qatar shakedown is on February 19 🐈leaving VR46 three-and-a-half weeks to meet Sa💫lucci’s preferred deadline.
The season begins in Qatar on March 8.
Previ🌠ously, Salucci told : “I’ve spoken to everyone, I’m not ashamed to say it, with Ducati, with KTM, with Yamaha.”
KTM are also determined to run extra bikes in 2025 and have been vocal 🅺about taking over one of the existing satellite teams.
But, Ducati may remain the place to be. This year, VR46 will again run year-old Desmosedi𒐪cis.
Luca Marini has left for Repsol Honda, so 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marco Bezzecchi will be joined by new teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio di Giannantonio.
Di Giannantonio, while from Italy, is ♔not a product of Rossi’s VR46 Academy so his arrival is somewhat of a new p𒁃ath for the team.
Salucci said after the team’s unveiling: “I am very happy about🅘 the livery, I like the yellow!
“We have a new rider next yea🥂r, Di Giannantonio. I am very happy with him.
“We al🅷ready did a test with him in Valencia last year.🍃 He was very fast.
“I like, also, that he is🌌 a good guy. He arrives in ouꦛr team, but he arrives quietly.
“He already has good𒉰 support from everybody, he likes everybody.
I am very happy. Now we will see in Malaysia…”
James was a sports journalist at 💎Sky Sports for a d🌱ecade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
