Valentino Rossi drops clue over Marco Bezzecchi's crucial decision
Ducati gave Bezzecchi a big decision to make over🉐 his 2024 seat - a latest-spec bike if he moves to Pramac, or a year-old machine if he stays with VR46.
Bezzecchi did not▨ meet Ducati’s original deadline, which expired at the Austrian MotoGPꦓ, to finalise his decision.
“Our targeꩵt is to keep him and Luca next year,” Rossi told .
He 🅺added to : "They have been intense days, our goal is to confirm the two riders in 2024 as well.
“We've talked to both of them and there's a go🙈od chance.&⛄nbsp;
“We almost certainly won't have the factory bike, but Iܫ spoke to Bez and I felt like pushing🔜 him to stay.
“The bike is good, he feels good and we have c༒reated a team fo♑r him.
Changin🍌g teams is not always po🍰sitive. He can win with us."
Bezzecchi has enjoyed a brilliant season,꧋ winning in Argentina and France, to deliver Rossi’s team their first premier class vic💖tories.
He remains in the hunt for the MotoGP championship and, such is Ducatꦏi’s des🔯ire to keep him long-term, they are willing to sacrifice Johann Zarco at Pramac to give his bike to Bezzecchi.
But, Bezzecchi might yet opt to remain at the team he callꦦ🧜s home.
"Uccio Salucci has always wanted the team, his experience goes way back and from the first team🍌 in 2014 in Moto3,” Rossi paid tribute to his team mana꧃ger.
“[The VR46 Academy] worked our way up, moved to Moto2 and won the World Championsh🐈ip with Pecco, helped Marini and Bezzecchi grow. Then we moved on in MotoGP.
“It was a great job, we're competitive thanks to Uccio. It's a team we know well, it's not perfect but we'🐟re improving.”
Bezzecchi finished third at the Austrian MotoGP.
James was a sportsꦕ journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
