Valentino Rossi drops clue over Marco Bezzecchi's crucial decision
Duc𒆙ati gave Bezzecchi a big decision to make over his 2024 seat -👍 a latest-spec bike if he moves to Pramac, or a year-old machine if he stays with VR46.
Bezzecchi did not meet Ducati’s original deadline, which expiredꦆ at the Austrian MotoGP, to finalise his decision.
“Our t🦄arget is to keep him and Luca next year,” Rossi told .
He added to : "They have been intense days🦋, our goal is to confirm the two ♓riders in 2024 as well.
“We've talkedꦫ to both 🌠of them and there's a good chance.
“We almost certainly won't have the factory bike,🙈 but I spoke to Bez and I felt li🅠ke pushing him to stay.
“The bike is good, he feels goo👍d and w🍎e have created a team for him.
Changingꩵ teams is not always positiveﷺ. He can win with us."
Bezzecchi has enjoyed a brilliant seasonꩵ, winning in Argentina ඣand France, to deliver Rossi’s team their first premier class victories.
He remains in the hunt꧋ for the MotoGP championship and, such is Ducati’s desire to keep him long-term, the♛y are willing to sacrifice Johann Zarco at Pramac to give his bike to Bezzecchi.
But, Bezzecchi might yet opt to remain at the team he call𒉰s home.
"Uccio Salucci has always wanted the team, his experience goes way ba𝐆ck and from the first team in 2014 in Moto3,” Rossi p🍸aid tribute to his team manager.
“[The VR46 Academy] wo꧑rked our way up, moved to Moto2 and won the World Championship with Pecco, helped Marini and Bezzecchi grow. Then we moved on in MotoGP.
“It was a great job, we're competitive thanks to 💯Uccio. It's a team we know well, it's not perfect but we're improvin🅘g.”
Bezzecchi finished third at the Austrian MotoGP.
James was 𓆉a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a꧒ decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
