Marco Bezzecchi eyed up by non-Ducati rival team as silly season starts early

VR46's Marco Bezzecch🔥i has attracted admiring glances from across the 🌱MotoGP paddock

Marco Bezzecchi, Sepang MotoGP test, 7 February
Marco Bezzecchi, Sepang MotoGP test, 7 February

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marco Bezzecchi has 🐭been named by Aprilia as a rider they could target for 2025.

The MotoGP riܫder market cou💞ld kickstart early this year because everyone on the grid - except Brad Binder and Luca Marini - has a contract which will expire at the end of this season.

It means in-demand riders can choose t♔he best bike available, while picky teams can attra𒁃ct the best possible rider.

Aprilia are no different. They kept faith with factory duo Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales this year, and also have🀅 Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez in their Trackhouse satellite project.

Aprilia CEO Massimo Rivola has admitted the necessity to prove his team’s worth with so♛ many potential riders a♏vailable next year.

"This is also why we must be competitive right away,” he told 🐲;.

“We will have to be in a position to ma🌳ke the market ꦡand not suffer [because of it].

“I want to make a premise: we have two very stroওng riders, we won't set out with the inte🀅ntion of changing them...

“But I have to keep my eyes open.

"I have never hidden my interest in Enea Bastianini, even thinking about h𝓀is condition [due to injuries last year].

“He is threatened by Marc Marquez, by Jorge Martin [for his fac♏tory Ducati seat in 2025].

“And there is Bezzecchi who has impressed…”

Bezzecchi opted to stick with VR46🐈 this season rather than go to Pramꦚac Ducati.

His breakthrough campaign l🔯ast year - where his victory in Argentℱina was a personal milestone, and a first win for his team - earned him admiring glances.

Ducꦇati offered him the ch❀ance to step onto a GP24 with Pramac this year but he chose to stay on a GP23 with Valentino Rossi’s team.

Instead, h🐻is team♊mate Luca Marini chose to leave for a factory seat with Honda.

Aprilia could offer Bezzecchi the opportu𓃲nity to♚ have a factory bike, but also to stay Italy-based.

Aprilia boss Rivola predicted f🍷or the 2024 MotoGP season: "The offi🍨cial Ducatis and maybe Marquez will be very, very strong.

“But we are here and we will have fun.

“I expect Marc to win or to always be🌸 fighting with Bagnaia and Martin.

"I would be happy to improve the result of 2023, theref🐼ore to at least finish second in the Construct♒ors' Championship.

“And then I want a victory for Vinales at all costsไ, I believe in him a lot.”

Aprilia will have three official bikes on the grid to🧜 begin this season, because Trackhouse’s Oliveira will use a ‘24 machine.

Fernaꦇndez will later receive a ‘24 factory spec bike, Rivola confirmed.

Rivola’s team also caught the eye during 🧸the Sepang test for their use of bold and innovat🍰ive aerodynamics.

Rivola said about the test: "They were intense, for the first time𝓰 we had six RS-GP24s and four RS-GP23s on the trac✤k and the work was remarkable.

“We are quite satisfied, Vinalesౠ and Espargaro were competitive༒ with a bike still to be developed.”

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