Fresh twists in Davide Brivio comeback claims are a blow to Valentino Rossi
Marini leaving Rossi’s VR46 team and becoming Marc Marquez’s repla🔥cement for the 2024 MotoGP season is st💦ill not confirmed but is imminent.
It initially shocked the MotoꦦGP paddock but, with reports that Brivio could soon be coming to Repsol Honda according to, the move ♒suddenly makes more sense.
However, that he won’t quit his job in Formula 1: “I'll stick w🐎ith Alpine. It is not right that my agreement expires at the𝔍 end of 2023. I can't talk about the exact duration of the contract, but the contract extends into the coming year.
“I currently have ༒no pla♛ns to take another position and I feel comfortable at Alpine.
“In addition, there is n💖o job for me🅘 elsewhere, no one has offered me anything. So I'll keep doing what I'm doing at the moment.
“Would I consider a job offer? That's difficult to answer becau🍌se I would have to know who is asking and what a possible offer is about.
“I know how there is speculation at the moment, but I have a job at Alpine for next year. I'm happy here and I'm not thinking abou✃t any other job.”
Alpine refused to♔ comment on the speculat💝ion on Friday at the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Brivio could r♚eplace Alberto Puig as Repsol Honda team manager in 2025, after both of their current contracts expire, ra🦋ther than next year, report.
Initial claims suggested that Puig advo💜cated for a one-year deal for ༺Fabio di Giannantonio to replace Marquez.
Buꦅt his bosses in Japan disagreed and instead handed a two-year deal to Marini.
Th�ꦇ�at disagreement could yet be Puig’s final act, and the catalyst for Marini to become a factory rider with his iconic brother’s support.
Rossi reportedly green-lighted his brotheౠr’s move only after knowing that his old ally Brivio was set tওo take charge at Repsol Honda.
The confusion over Brivio adds to the intrigue.
Brivio was key tꦜo bringing Rossi from Honda to Yamaha, a move which eventually became legendary.
Brivio has overseen MotoGP championships for Rossi at Y♔amaha and Joan Mir (who he would inherit at Repsol Honda🦩) for Suzuki in 2020.
His son Luca Brivio currently works within Rossi’s VR46 M♏otoGP team, further strengthening the bond between the two families.
James w💮as a sports journalist at Sky Sports fo🔜r a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
