The team Pertamina VR46 Racing Team made official the signing of the Italian “for next season” Franco Morbidelli who will take the place left vacant by Marco Bezzecchi when he moves to the official Aprilia team next year. The first rider to wear the colors of the VR46 Riders Academy has signed for a year and will ride the same Ducati in this year’s GP24. The GP25 that will be available to the team owned by Valentino Rossi is for his teammate Fabio Di Giannantonio.
This is the official confirmation of the Tavullia team what the official Ducati team manager Davide Tardozzi did not get at Silverstone, on the microphone of the international motogp signal – “Next year, Di Giannantonio will have GP25, and Morbidelli is a GP24”, was the verbatim phrase – and that greatly angered Uccio Salucci, the director of the VR46 Racing Team.
“What a great story! I am very happy to announce that I have signed with the VR46 Racing team for the 2025 season. Here I will be comfortable, I really want to do well and return this trust with good results for me and for everyone, I want to go back in time and have fun with the whole group. Sincere thanks to the entire VR46 Riders Academy and my management team of the team reality VR46 I can’t wait to start this new adventure together,” said ‘Morbido’ which will leave the Pramac range.
For his part, Uccio, Valentino Rossi’s historic right-hand man, said “I am very happy to confirm that Franco will compete with the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team in 2025. Franco is the first rider to enter the VR46 Riders Academy , that we have known him for many years, we have seen him grow up in Tavullia and now, with great pleasure, we can say that he will join the crew starting next season. He is a very talented pilot, we are eager to welcome him and let him enjoy the family and cozy atmosphere that characterizes us. He will continue to compete on a Ducati, a Desmosedici GP24, and we are sure he will be able to compete with the strongest group. Once again, I can only thank Ducati for the support on both a human and technical level and all our partners, Pertamina Lubricants above all, who support this incredible project.”
The 2025 grille is mostly outlined
With Morbidelli’s confirmation in VR46, which in turn confirms that Fermín Aldeguer will be Alex Márquez’s partner at Gresini, the arrival of Miguel Oliveira and Jack Miller at Pramac Yamaha remains official and if Chantra will finally replace Nakagami in the LCR Idemitsu Honda.
Source: La Verdad
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