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VR46 “open” to snaring top MotoGP rider as Academy reserves run low
Valentino Rossi’s VR46 Racing Team will be entering MotoGP as a Ducati satellite squad in 2022, with riders Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi. Bezzecchi, despite an offer from Pramac to ride a factory bike next year, chose to remain with VR46. Salucci, the team director, hopes that Bezzecchi will move up to a factory squad in 2025. The team is open to signing riders from elsewhere on the grid, as they do not have any riders from their own academy ready for MotoGP. While VR46’s preference is to stay with Ducati, they are open to other manufacturers if the bike is good. However, they will not have factory machinery next year due to Ducati not having enough time to build another works machine.
Source: motorsport
