Marco Bezzecchi: ‘Fortunately Valentino understood, I was a bit afraid!’

'We hugged and he was very happy🐼 for m𒈔e, so fortunately he understood everything. I was a bit afraid to be honest!'

Bagnaia, Rossi, Bezzecchi
Bagnaia, Rossi, Bezzecchi

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marco Bezzecchi will achieve his factory MotoGP dream in 2025 after signing for Aprilia.

But it will mean the end of a five-year stint at Valentino Rossi’s VR46 team, whic🎃h began in Moto2 in 2020, then saw promotion to MotoGP in 2022.

Bezzecc✃hi was the revelation of last year's premier-class campaign with three victories and third in the world champio♎nship on a year-old Ducati.

The ♍young Italian then turned down the chance to secure fac𒈔tory GP24s by moving to Pramac this season, a decision that looked to backfire as he struggled with the GP23 so far this year.

However, with Maverick Vinales leaving Aprilia, the factory set its sights on a home rider and performances such as Bezzecchi’s huge win in India last year meant he sealed the 2025 RS-GP seat alongside Jorge Ma𒉰rtin.

But what was Rossi’s reaction?

“Last year I had the opportunity to change team, but my decision was to stay because once I've changed, I wanted to change for a full factory team,” Bezzecchi said at Assꦓen on Thursday.

“Last year, of course, Ducati gave me the possibility to go in the factory supported [Pramac] team. That was a very good offer൲. But I didn't know if I could feel the same with the team li𓆉ke I feel right now.

“This year was different. I had the opportunity to change from my team t🅠o a full factory team.

“With Valentino, weꦍ are both a bit sad for this, but also heඣ is very happy for me.

“We🌜 spoke a lot during these days and we saw each other on Monday to see the Italian football team and it was the day when th﷽e [Aprilia] news came out.

“We hugged each other and he was very 🙈happy for me, so fortunately he understood everything. I was a bit afraid to be honest!

“But he unde𒊎rstood and he was like a good 🌼friend, so I'm very happy for this.”

Bezzecchi added: “Last year he didn't tell me, ‘Stay here, don't go to Pramac’. He just made me an offer and I decided to stay.ꦓ And he did the same this year.

“But I asked him more advice. I spoke a bit more 𓃲with him and I was sure that he could understand because he already passed this moment in his career. And he completely understood my decision.

“So of course it was a difficult moment because I feel amazing with the [VR46] team. But I was dreaming about [a factory team] since the beginning of my career, so this was my t𒅌arget to achiev🌺e. So, he was happy for me.”

Being a factory rider will also mean Bezzecchi has the chance to mould a MotoGP bik𒁏e around his own riding style more.

Being in a factory team is completely different. I ಞhave many friends that are there like Pecco, Luc🧔a, Frankie was there also. And speaking with them, they told me many things that for sure will change,” he said.

“But honestly, the proper work, I really don't know at the moment, but I'm very curious to discover it. But for sure the support is good𝓡 already right now, but it will be different, so we will see.”

Bezzecchi, who won last year’s Assen Sprint and was second to Francesco Bagnaia in the grand prix, retur🧜ns holding eleventh in the woꦓrld championship, with one podium (Jerez) this year.

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