Finally it has been confirmed that Morbidelli will be replaced in the 2024 MotoGP rider line-up by Ale🌱x Rins, after months of speculation that he would be axed.

Rossi “took a dim view” on the deci꧃sion, according to .

The Italian legend was “already not partic꧃ularly happy about being moved to the Petronas satellite team in 2021,” the report adds.

Rossi signed a de♑al as a brand ambassador for Yamaha earlier this season.

The Japaneꦚse manufacturer is where the seven-time premier c𝓰lass champion enjoyed his most iconic days.

But, awkwardly, Yam❀aha have now dispensed with on🙈e of Rossi’s proteges in Morbidelli.

Morbidell𝄹i is one of four VR46 Academy graduates on th💯e current MotoGP grid.

His removal from his 2024 seat with Yamaha comes at an intriguing time because the manufactu🙈rer ha🤡ve been linked with taking over Rossi’s Mooney VR46 team from 2025 onwards.

How this chapter may 🌠have soured relations between Rossi and Yamaha remains to be seen.

Marco Bezz𝐆ecchi is currently considering whether to remain with Mooney VR46 in 2024, complicating the picture if that team leaves Ducati for Yamaha a year later.

The possibility of Bezzecchi exitin🎶🎶g Ducati for Yamaha on these terms “exists but is low”, the report claims.