Yamaha, Ducati or elsewhere? VR46 team boss makes pick and pleas for quick deal
Uccio Salucci has named his🌟 preference between Ducati, Yamaha or another landing spot for VR46's future

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 elsewhere afterwards, and have been in taಌlks with other manufacturers.
Rossi’s personalꦦ links with Yamaha (and the Japanese brand’s desire to run more than two bikes next year) have made them a logical landing sp🌊ot.
But Rossi’s right-hand ma🍰n and the VR46 team boss Salucci wants to activate a clause in their current contract to stay put.
“We have, already, the opti🍃on with Ducati for 2025 and 2026,” Salucci said.
“Now, this moment, is very important. These 10 or 15 days, to try to understand what ꧑will happen in ‘25 and ‘26.
“My direction is to continue with Ducati.
“My dream is to sign the contract before Qatar because I want to stay quiet, I want to prepa♔re this year very good.
“For t♚hat, we need to sig🍬n now with Ducati, because it is better.
“But, anyway, we’ll see what will happen…”
The Qatar shakedown is on February 19 leඣaving VR46 three-and-a-half weeks to meet Sa𓆏lucci’s preferred deadline.
The season begins in Qatar on March 8.
Prevꦯiously, Salucci told : “I’ve 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 haꦬve been vocal about taking over one of the existing satellite teams.
But, Ducati may remain the pl𒊎ace to beℱ. This year, VR46 will again run year-old 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 Giannant🅺onio, while from Italy, is not a product of Rossi’s VR46 Academy so his arrival is somewhat of a new path for the team.
Salucci said after the team’s unveiling: “I am very happy🦋 about the livery, I like the yellow!
“We have a new rider next year, Di Gianna𝕴ntonio. I am ve🅘ry happy with him.
“We a༒lready did a test with him in Valencia last year. He was very fast.
“I like, also, that he is a 🥂good guy. He arrives in our team, but he arrives qu💟ietly.
“He already has 🗹good support from everybody, he likes everybody.
I am very happy. Now we will see in Malaysia…”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sportsꦫ for a decade covering everything from American spo📖rts, to football, to F1.