Valentino Rossi’s honest verdict on VR46’s Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi

Rossi’s academy crowned its first MotoGP champion last weekend when 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia becameꦕ 🥃the first Italian to claim the title since Rossi himself, in 2009.
VR46 Racing Team, owned by Rossi, saw Marini finish 12th in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:MotoGP standings and 🅰Bezzecchi come 14th but the boss wants to see more.
"In my opin🔯ion ne🐟xt year they will be very strong,” Rossi told Sky.
“We need to understand what bike we will have in 2023, we have to t♔ry it.🦹
“Marco and Luca both have great potential. Luca is growing step by step, but he is always 🅘very solid. Bez showed som♈e great races, he also made a podium.
“This year we had fun, but we are ready for 2023.

"I would like to further raise the level of the VR46 Academy from many points of view, but at the moment we have decided to focus on our historical group, b🍎ecause we have so many very strong riders.
“We want to give 🐽our best for them, they are the riders we started with.”

Marini, Rossi’s half-brother, has completed his second season 🦹in the premier class. He peaked with consecutive fourth-place finishes in Austria and San Marino.
Bezzecchi shone brighter. In h🏅is rookie year he qualified in pole position in Assen, ꦬand finished second.
Bezzecchi previously said about Rossi: “Always being a fan of Vale’s꧟, it is fantastic to ride with his name on our bike.
“For me, it is a very big dream because to arrive in🎉 M𒐪otoGP with him is something more.
“I have alwa🐷ys been a massive fan of his. I had huge luck to meet him and join the Acad💃emy many years later.
“It is a long time that we have been togethe⛄r. We keep in touch. He gives me advice.
“He is a good, 💟good friend and a fantastic coach.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sport꧙s, to football, to F1.