MotoGP Austria: Marco Bezzecchi reveals 'Plan A' - but there's still no agreement with Ducati
That’s despite suggestions from Ducati that they cannot provide factory-spec machinery for the impressive young 🔴Italian un🎶less he leaves Valentino Rossi’s team.
Like Luca Marini, Bezzecchi currently uses year-old Desmosedicis at VR46, while the official Ducatܫi team and Pramac have access to the latest bikes.
Bezzecchi, who has already taken two grand prix wins during his second M🐠otoGP season and currently holds third in the꧙ title chase, has shown he deserves a machinery upgrade.
But Ducati insists they cannot equip five riders w🐻ith GP24s meaning Bezzecchi’s♏ choice would appear to be a move to Pramac, in place of Johann Zarco, or remaining on older bikes at VR46.
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“As you already know my plan A would be to stay in Mooney VR46,” Bezzecchi said a☂t the Re🔜d Bull Ring on Thursday.
“The Acade😼my, my managemeﷺnt is trying to work to find a better solution for me.
“I think in Barcelona ๊[September 1-3] I can give you a precise decision.”
While Bezzecchi's VR46 management is still presumably trying to get Ducati to change its stance on a fifth GP24 entry - "We did that for 2022, it didn't work” - possible middle-ground solutions could be a factory contract and guar🦋anteed early upgrades for a GP23 at VR46 next season.
Be🌄zzecchi had closed the points gap to Ducati’s reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia with second place behind Alex Marquez in the Silverstone Sprint but lost all the ground gained - and more - when he fell behind💯 Bagnaia in the Sunday race.
“At Silverstone unfortunately I made a mistake which created ܫa crash. Theꦺ speed was there, my confidence was there,” Bezzecchi said.
“I can’t wait to jump back on this is a track I really like. There are different bankings on the tra💧ck, and very hard braking. I like hard braking, it’s a str💟ong point where the Ducati can work well.”
Bezzecchi has won at the Red Bull Ring in both Moto3 and Mꩲoto2.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the fore♕front of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
