Valentino Rossi plans to appear a💜t more MotoG💎P races in the New Year.

The MotoGP legend retired t🙈hree years ago and has since started r﷽acing on four wheels.

But, he plans t🅘o realign his priorit🤡ies this coming season.

"I regretted not being so present at the races [in 2024] and I had less time to🃏 work with the riders of our Academy," Rossi told .

"In 2025 I want to be more present in MotoGP rac🃏es, so I will also d🌄o fewer car races for that reason.”

Liberty Media’s takeover of MotoGP is cited in the rep�𒐪�ort as being a reason for Rossi’s intention to turn up more frequently.

Rossi retains an obvious link to the key playersℱ in MotoGP today.

Pecco Bagnaia is a VR46 Academy 𒅌graduate who, two years ago, became the first of Rossi’s proteges to win the MotoGP title.

Bagnaia wilಌl be joined in the factory Ducati box this year by Marc Marquez, Rossi’s old rival.

Rossi caused a stir last year by reopening the argument with Marquez about what happened in 2015, when the I📖talian blamed the Spaniard for costing ♎him the title after a series of spats.

Rossi’s protege and Rossi’s eওnemy teaming ♛up, and riding the best bikes on the grid, will be fascinating viewing this year.

The Doctor’s VR46 team is also undergoing a major chಌang♛e.

After Pramac’s exit as a Ducati satellite team, VR46 will now receive m💙ore preferential t💟reatment.

They will have access to one factory-spec bike, so Fabio di Giannantonio will have the same machinery as Bagnaia and🍒 Marquez.

Franco Morbidelliꦗ, another VR46 Academy graduate, will join the team as Di Giannantonio’s teammate.

Marco Bezzecchi will lea𒈔ve VR46 to join Aprilia, becoming a factory rider for the first time.

Rossi’s 🍸brother Luca Marini enters a second season as a factory Honda rider.