Yamaha, Ducati or elsewhere? VR46 team boss makes pick and pleas for quick deal

Uccio Sal🌳ucci has named his preference between Ducati, Yamaha or another landing spot for VR46's future

The VR46 2024 livery
The VR46 2024 livery

Uccio Salucci wants VR46 to commit to Ducati long-term and hopes to sign before the MotoGP season starts.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valentino Rossi’s MotoGP team are contracted with Ducati for this year but could go elseꦺwhere afterwards, and have been in talks with ot♐her manufacturers.

Rossi’s ⛎personal links with Yamaha (and the Japanes🧜e brand’s desire to run more than two bikes next year) have made them a logical landing spot.

But Rossi’s right-hand man and the VR46 team boss Salucci wants to activate a clause in their current contract to sta🦹y put.

“We h🐠ave, already, the option with Ducati for 2025 and 2026,” Salucci said.

“Now, this moment, is very importꦛant. These 10 or 🉐15 days, to try to understand what will happen in ‘25 and ‘26.

“My direction is to continue with Ducati.

“My dream is to sign the contract b✱efore Qatar because I want to stay quiet, I want to prepare this year very go♔od.

“For that, we need to sign now with💞 Ducati, because it is better.

“But, anyway, we’ll see what will happen…”

The Qatar shakedown is on February🌞 19 leaving VR46 three-and-a-half weeks to meet Salucci’s preferred deadline.

The season begins in Qatar on March 8.

Previously, Salucci told : “I’𒁃ve spoken to everyone, I’m not ashamed to say it, with Ducati, with KTM, with Yamaha.”

KTM are also determined to run extra bikes in 2025 and have been vocal about taking 🐲over one of the existing satellite teams.

But, Ducati may🍌 remain the place to be. This year, VR46 will again run year-ol🌜d Desmosedicis.

Luca Marini has left for Repsol Honda, so 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marco Bezzecchi will be joined by new teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio di Giannantonio.

Di Giannantonio, while from Italy, is not a product of Rossi’s VR46 Academy so his arrival is somewhat of a new path for the te𒅌am.

Salucci said after the team’s unvei✃ling: “I am very happy ab🌞out the livery, I like the yellow!

“We have a new rider next year, Di Giannantonio. I am very haꦆppy with him.

“We already did a test with him in Valencia last year. He was very f🐈ast.

“I like, also, that he is a good guy. He arrives in our team, but he arrives quietℱly.

“He already has good support from everybody, he likes ev🔯erybodyꦫ.

I am very happy. Now we will see in Malaysia…”

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