Valentino Rossi and Marco Bezzecchi get their wish; Ducati agree to key request
There is an “agreement in sight” between Ducati and the Mooney VR46 team to equip Bezzecchi with an officia🌌l Desmosedici in the 2024 MotoGP season, report.
Bezzecchi is “satisfied, both in terms of technical treatment🌞 and ꧟salary”, the report states.
“A long series of contacts” b꧑etween Gigi Dall’Igna, the Ducati Corse general manager, and Uccio Salucci, the Mooney VR46 team boss, resulted in a deal.
Bezzecc🤪hi will therefore remain with Rossi’s team rather than seek a better bik♓e elsewhere.
The young Italian is enjoying a breakthrough season and remains a genuine contender for t💞his season𝐆’s MotoGP championship.
He w🌺on his first-ever grand prix in Argentina, also a first for Rossi🌞’s team, and has since won at Le Mans too.
Bezzecchi previously led the MotoGP standings but, at the summer break, he is third behind factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia🃏 and Pramac’s Jorge Martin (both of whom profit from a 2023-spec 🦋Desmosedici).
His explosive season led to demands for better machinery, and a potential switch to🌠 Pramac.
Bezzecchi was also linked briefly to a move t♚o Yamahꦫa.
But he has always been keen to remain with the Mooney VR46 set-up, and now is due to receive the maj⛄or boost that he hoped for.
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