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VR46 will face its fifth MotoGP season with these new colours for Fabio di Giannantonio and Franco Morbidelli.
The 2026 Pertamina Enduro VR46 team livery was revealed for Fabio di Giannantonio and Franco Morbidelli to race in the MotoGP season. The distinctive fluorescent yellow color, representing team owner Valentino Rossi, remains unchanged in the ‘Black and Light’ themed design presented in Rome, eliminating the previous white background. Rossi expressed the team’s shift to a more aggressive look this season, replacing the previous elegant white with a sharper racing black. VR46’s fifth MotoGP season and second with factory-backed Ducati status commence, aiming to improve performance after being the only Ducati riders not to win a race last year. Despite a winless 2025 season, the team’s MotoGP successes are linked to Marco Bezzecchi’s victories in 2023. di Giannantonio and Morbidelli face contract uncertainties as they gear up for the upcoming challenges on their Ducati machines.
