Yamaha lean on private Valentino Rossi calls to tempt VR46 away from Ducati
The Moo🤪ney VR46 team hope to continue their breakthrough season a✱t this weekend’s Austrian MotoGP.
Their contract as a Ducati satellite team continues next year, and they have no plans t🦂o break it, but Yamaha want to tempt them across for 2025.
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Yamaha managing director Lin Jarvis told that he is leaning on hiဣs relationship with a legend to secure the deal: “I speak directly with all members of VR46, also with Valent𒁃ino.
“Iᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚf the Yamaha is competitive, they’ll be open to us. But it’s too early to say.
“We have a lot of activity together with VR46. We are also their technical partners♉.
“T🧔hen there is the Moto2 project paid for by Yamaha Japan.
“We can add that Vale is our brand ambassador.
“For us, it makes sense to choo🅷se Rossi’🎃s team - not to mention that, today, his is the best satellite team.
“And it also has excellent riders.”
Marco Bezzecchi has emerged into a MotoGP title contender and has a personal choice to make betw🎉een staying with Mooney VR46 or switching to Pramacꦬ Ducati next year.
Whoever rides for VR46 by 2025, they♎ could be a Yamaha satellite rider, owing in part to Rossi’s relationship with the Japane💝se manufacturer who delivered his most glorious days.
“To convince them, first we need to have com꧒petitive bikes, offering them interesting conditions,” Jarvis saꦦid.
“Ideally, they are our fi🐓rst choice. But there’s always a second choice.”
This year, Yamaha are the only manufacturer with just two bikes on the grid. This is expected to continue next year, while Ducati boast eight bikes and KTM plan to incre𓂃ase their four.
Yamaha will consider all options for a 2025 satellite team: “There really isn’t much time. Of course, we’re in touch with everyone all the time. We are confident that we🍷 can have another team.
“I thi🌺nk it’s possible but first we must demonstrate the competitiveness of our bike in 2025.
“I can guaran🐷tee that the retirement of Yamaha is complete nonsense.”
James was a sports journalist at Sk🅷y Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
