Taking over from Pramac as Ducati’s official satellite MotoGP team, expectations are ‘very high’ for Valentino R♔ossi’s VR46 squad in 20ꩲ25.

While Pramac and Jorge Martin made history as Independent world champions last season, VR46 sluﷺmped from three wins and third in the 2023 standings with Marco Bezzecchi to just a single podiu⭕m.

That was again by Bez, but he was left twelfth and last of the Ducatis in the final standings. New arrival 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio di Giannantonio was tenth after missing the closing rouඣnds due to shoulder surgery.

But the team’s upgrade in Ducati status means dওi Giannantonio will now be the only rider on the grid to have the same factory-spec Desmosedici GP25 as official Ducati Lenovo riders Francesco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez.

Alongside Diggia will be new signing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Franco Morbidelli, who moves across froꦡm Pramac to take over the ex-Bezzecchi seat, riding a GP24.

“The expectations for the team in the 2025 season are very high because we are the second team of Ducati and the Ducati in recent seasons are very competitive anཧd very strong,” 🧜said team owner and nine time world champion Valentino Rossi.

“So we hope that we can fight for some podiums, win some races if it's possible and try to arrive in the top positions in the championship, I want to say the top fiv🍃e.”

Both di Giannཧantonio and Morbidelli are proven MotoGP race winners, Diggia at Gresini Ducati in 2023 and Morbidelli on his way to title r𝓀unner-up at Petronas Yamaha in 2020.

“We are very happy to have two Italian ride𒅌rs, one also from the Academy. And I think we can be very competitive,” Rossi added.

Morbidelli’s arrival i🌸s especially sign🦂ificant for Rossi. ‘Franky’ was the first official member of the Academy, its first world champion courtesy of his 2017 Moto2 title, and its first MotoGP race winner.

But until now, he has never r🔴aced for a VR46 team.

“To have Franco finally in the team is very special for us because Franco is an Academy rider and we’ve always stayed together for all of his career and tried to help him,” confirmed Ro♏ssi.

“So to have him in the team is like closing a circle and we hope we cཧan be strong.”

di Giannantonio, by contrast, i꧂s the first VR46 team rider not to be part of the Academy.

After a pair of fourth places in his debut season at the Tavullia-based team, plus an upgra൲de in machinery, Rossi sees Diggia as a victory contender.

“The expectations for Diggia are very high because he’s demonstrated h🍸e’s very fast with the Ducati,” Rossi said. “He knows the bike and also the team, because he was already with us in 2024 where he demonstrated 🐻a lot of potential, a lot of speed.

“On a 🌼lot of occasions, he was a little bit unlucky so we hope this year we can achieve more podiums, victories and better results.”

di Giannantonio and Mor♎bidelli will ride in VR46's distinctive fluorescent yellow and white livery, which now features some special touche🎃s from Rossi’s own career: Sun and moon stencils, plus a 46 surrounding their racing numbers.

“I’m very happy with the new livery,” Rossi said. “We followed the concept of last year with Aldo Drudi, my historic designer, and the bike with [florescent] 🦩yellow is very much ‘our’ bike. And now with the sun and moon and 46, it’s e🀅ven more special.”

Speaking in an interview for the team’s launch in Jakarta on Saturday, home city of title sponsor Pertamina Rossi concluded: “Pertamina is our sponsor, it’s very good to make this project together. I think we are the🅠 national Indonesian team!

“It’s great to make the presentat𝔉ion there because Indonesia has a lot of M꧟otoGP fans, and fans of our team.”

Rossi’s team will be oꦕn tra📖ck with its 2025 machines and livery during the official Sepang test from February 5-7.