Alessio ‘Uccio’ Salucci is known for being Valentino Rossi’s inseparable friend, confidential and right hand. With more than 25 years of motorcycle World Cup experience, Italian has lost from being a shadow of Il Dottore To be a Basic Piece in the VR46 team management. Today, he leads the desire and experience the project that has emerged from the Academy of Rossi, which combines VR46 as one of the most promotional and with -the -top championship teams.
A few weeks ago, UCCIO gave an interview with ‘fanpage.it’. During the conversation, the Italian admitted that “I got to the MotOGP paddock, I lost the account of the times. I feel a veteran, but the desire is the same as before. This sport is my life. When you live in this world every day, when you are on the track, between the noise of the machines and the adrenaline career, the age goes into the background. I can’t be far away from all this“
Asked by how his role changed, UCCIO confirmed that “Many. The change began between 2013 and 2014, when we established the Moto3 and Moto2 team with Sky. I have begun to be less than voucher and beyond a manager. Then, in 2020, I told Rossi: ‘We raised these children from the academy, we can’t leave them today. We have to take them to the motogp ‘. And from there everything was born. He listened to me, but no one became a team director overnight. It is a long path, full of experience, mistakes and many lessons learned. It all started in 2014, when Carmelo Ezpeleta let us know that Sky wanted to enter the World Cup, and we entered as a team. Ten years later. It has become a complicated, but good path“
His role in ‘il dottore’
Uccio explained that, in the stage of Valentino Rossi as an active pilot, he felt “somewhat measured by the publicBut I don’t care. My only purpose was Valentino’s goodness. I don’t always say that Rossi, when he was wrong he always told her and wasn’t easy. He also has more practical activities such as carrying helmets, motorhome driving … But what he has is our relationship. Valentino always listened to me and endured me. If I didn’t always say what I thought, I would feel useless. Of course, let’s not forget that the difference is always marked him and we are here thanks to him. “
About Academy’s pilot managementUCCIO defends that ”Not easy, it’s like a soccer cupboard. You can’t put so many new without a balance of the team. For one hour We stop to grow well with those we already have. Morbidelli and Bagnaia They became champions in the world. We are leading to Marini and Bezzecchi in motogp and VETTI He wants to fight the title in Moto2. Now we bet on new talents, like Matteo Gabarrini. This is a delicate process, because we want to take things seriously. We kept quiet to give the weight of pilots to grow, but We will continue to look for talents. Although for a few years Academy’s manager is no longer me, but Carlo Casabianca“
Source: La Verdad
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