Marco Bezzecchi reveals his preference for VR46 - Ducati or Yamaha?

Valentino Rossi’s team have enjoyed a stunning start to the 2023 season, highlighted by Bezzecchi winning his own, and his team’s, first grand prix in Argentina and leading the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:MotoGP standings after three rounds.
Rossi has toyed with the idea of switching his VR46 squad from Ducati bikes to Yamaha (the team which he was synonymous with) but B𝄹ezzecchi wants to remain.
“I've heard this ♉from some journalists, but not from anyone in𒊎side,” Bezzecchi told about rumours of a move to Yamaha.
Asked if it was a concern, he ꦡsaid: “No, because after all, that's not my job.&nbs🐻p;
“My job is to ride the bike that the team pro🐠vides me. Now the team owns a Ducati, so I ride a Ducat♛i.”
He explained his own desire: “I would stay with Ducati. I felt very comfortable with ꦏDucati from the very first momꦚent. They are very supportive, which is why they deserve it.
“S⛦ince they are also Italians, it is easier for me to build a relatiꦬonship.
“I like the way they work and especially the way they deal with rookies. They have helped us a lot💦 as a team, which is why I hope the team will continue with Ducati.
“But it's still too early; at the moment I just want tꦬo ride.”

Mooney VR46 are contracte꧒d to Ducati until the end of 2ꦏ024.
Clearly the Italian manufacturer currently has the best machinery on the MotoGP grid but Yamaha are close to Rossi’s heart - altꦛhough they would have to put together an extremely tempting offer for the 2025 🎐season.
Yamaha only have two 🌌bikes on the grid currently 🎉- a rumour was that they could offer VR46 an opportunity to effectively become the Yamaha factory team.
But Rossi 🐲has said: “It’🔯s difficult to be a factory team.
♑“Because for me they will always make the factory team. We’ll see🦄 for the future.
“W𒉰ith 𒉰Yamaha it would be nice. But we need to see how competitive the bikes are.
“We want to g𝄹o to the races hoping to♍ finish at the front.
"Our results ༒also come because we have♋ Ducati, which are scary.
“They are the best bikes and we were good for choosing them. T🧸hat makes all the difference."
Bezzecchi enters this weekend's Spanish MotoGP hoping to extend his unexpected lead at the top of the standing𒁃s.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a deওcade covering everything from A💛merican sports, to football, to F1.