Valentino Rossi’s honest verdict on VR46’s Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi

Rossi’s academy crowned its first MotoGP champion last weekend when 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia became the first It🉐alian 🉐to claim the title since Rossi himself, in 2009.
VR46 Racing Team, owned by Rossi, saw Marini finish 12th in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP standings and Bezze♈cchi come 14th but the boss wa🦂nts to see more.
"In my opinion next yea๊r they will be very st🉐rong,” Rossi told Sky.
💛“We need to understand what bike we will have in 2023, we have to try it.
“Marco and Luca both have great potential෴. Luca is growing step by step, but he is always very solid. Bez showed some great races, he also made a podium.
“This year we had fun, but we are ready for 2023.

"I would like to further raise the le🌠vel of the VR46 Academy from many points of view, but at the﷽ moment we have decided to focus on our historical group, because we have so many very strong riders.
“We want to 𝓡give our best for the🃏m, they are the riders we started with.”

Marini, Rossi’s half-brother, has completed his second season in the premier class.ಞ He peaked with consecutive fourth-place finishes in Austria and San Marino.
ܫBezzecchi shone brighter. In his rookie year he qualified in pole position in Assen, and finished second.
Be🗹zzecchi previously said about Rossi: “Always being ♑a fan of Vale’s, it is fantastic to ride with his name on our bike.
“For me, it is a very big dream because to arrive in MotoGP with him is somethingᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ more.
“I have al🦂ways been a massive fan of his. I had huge luck to meet him and join the Academy many years later.
“It is a long time that we have been together. We keep in touch🏅. He gives me advice.
“He is a good, good friend and⛦ a fantastic coach.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football,🌠 to F1.